Ecoepidemiology of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 919-922

  Teng, Jade L L ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Ma, Shirley S L ^a   Sit, Thomas H C ^b   Ng, Lip Tet ^b   Hui, Wai Ting ^a   Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Food and Environ Hygiene Department   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARP; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROENTERITIS; LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CARPS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CIRRHINUS MOLITORELLA; CTENOPHARYNGODON; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS; LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS;

EID: 13844267361     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.919-922.2005     Document Type: Article

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