Hemolysins and plasmid profiles of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 126-131

  Vadivelu, Jamuna ^a   Puthucheary, Savithri D ^a   Mitin, Anni ^a   Wan, Chee Yuet ^a   Van Melle, Bette ^b   Puthucheary, Janil A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DNA PROBE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA PROBES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0030090111     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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