Occurrence of Norovirus GI in green and red onion

• Main Authors: Mohd Sahroni, Noor Hidayah, Tuan Chilek, Tuan Zainazor, Pui, Chai Fung, Ahmad, Noorlis, Mat Radzi, Noor Eliza, Mohamed Dasuki, Naziehah, Mohamad Ghazali, Farinazleen, Cheah, Yoke Kqueen, Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu, Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki, Radu, Son
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24074/1/24074.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24074/; http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/18%20(02)%202011/(29)%20IFRJ-2010-252.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Several Norovirus cases due to consumption of green onions have been reported during recent years but reports on red onions are not found. Onions are one of the major tastes in Malaysian food which are sometimes consuming raw especially the green onion. Viral contamination in onions can occur due to...