Prevalence and serodiversity of the pandemic clone among the clinical strains Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated in southern Thailand

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 395-406

  Laohaprertthisan, V ^a   Chowdhury, A ^b   Kongmuang, U ^a   Kalnauwakul, S ^a   Ishibashi, M ^c   Matsumoto, C ^b   Nishibuchi, M ^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; ASIAN; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; TRAVEL; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0037667568     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268803008458     Document Type: Article

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