Vibrio vulnificus Infections Associated with Eating Raw Oysters - Los Angeles, 1996

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 45, Issue 29, 1996, Pages 621-624

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ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OYSTER; SHELLFISH; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTREIDAE; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030602657     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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