Isolation of a pandemic O3:K6 clone of a Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain from environmental and clinical sources in Thailand

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2685-2689

  Vuddhakul, Varaporn ^a,b   Chowdhury, Ashrafazzuman ^b   Laohaprertthisan, Varaporn ^a   Pungrasamee, Punnee ^a   Patararungrong, Nuanjira ^a   Thianmontri, Pongpaga ^a   Ishibashi, Masanori ^c   Matsumoto, Chiho ^b   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; FISH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHELLFISH; SHRIMP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DECAPODIFORMES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FISHES; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAFOOD; THAILAND; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0034120242     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2685-2689.2000     Document Type: Article

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