Emergence and Serovar Transition of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Pandemic Strains Isolated during a Diarrhea Outbreak in Vietnam 1997 and 1999

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-327

  Chowdhury, Ashrafuzzaman ^a   Ishibashi, Masanori ^b   Thiem, Vu Dinh ^c   Tuyet, Dinh Thi Ngoc ^d   Van Tung, Tran ^d   Chien, Bui Trong ^d   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^e   Canh, Do Gia ^c   Clemens, John ^e   Trach, Dang Duc ^c   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology   (Viet Nam)

^d NHA TRANG PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^e International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pandemic; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; GENE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; TDH GENE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIET NAM;

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

EID: 11144356360     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03513.x     Document Type: Article

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