Vibrio parahaemolyticus diarrhea, Chile, 1998 and 2004

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-131

  González Escalona, Narjol ^a   Cachicas, Viviana ^a   Acevedo, Claudia ^a   Rioseco, María L ^b   Vergara, Juan A ^b   Cabello, Felipe ^c   Romero, Jaime ^a   Espejo, Romilio T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Hospital Regional de Puerto Montt   (Chile)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 11844276600     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1101.040762     Document Type: Article

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