Outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by the pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 in Mexico

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-80

  Cabanillas Beltrán, Héctor ^b   Llausás Magaña, Eduardo ^c   Romero, Ricardo ^c   Espinoza, Abel ^c   García Gasca, Alejandra ^a   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^d   Ishibashi, Masanori ^e   Gomez Gil, Bruno ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

^b LABORATORIO INTEGRAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTOS   (Mexico)

^c SSA Sinaloa   (Mexico)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; Mexico; O3:K6; tdh; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MEXICO; PENAEIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 33750817797     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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