Pandemic strains of O3:K6 Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the aquatic environment of Bangladesh

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 827-834

  Islam, M Sirajul ^a   Tasmin, Rizwana ^b   Khan, Sirajul Islam ^b   Bakht, Habibul Bari Mahmud ^a   Mahmood, Zahid Hayat ^a   Rahman, M Ziaur ^a   Bhuiyan, Nurul Amin ^a   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^c   Nair, G Balakrish ^a   Sack, R Bradley ^d   Huq, Anwar ^e   Colwell, Rita R ^e,f   Sack, David A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Pandemic strains; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; CLONING; GENES;

ENVIRONMENTAL STRAINS; HYBRIDIZATION; PANDEMIC STRAINS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CLONAL VARIATION; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPE; THERMOSTABILITY; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BANGLADESH; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 20044380547     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-072     Document Type: Article

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