Vibrio mimicus diarrhea following ingestion of raw turtle eggs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1141-1144

  Campos, Elena ^a   Bolaños, Hilda ^a   Acuña, María Teresa ^a   Díaz, Gerardo ^a   Matamoros, María Cecilia ^a   Raventós, Henriette ^a   Sánchez, Luz Marina ^a   Sánchez, Olga ^a   Barquero, Candy ^a  

^a Inst Costarricense Invest y E   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROCONVERSION; TURTLE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VOMITING;

EID: 0030012307     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1141-1144.1996     Document Type: Article

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