Distribution of virulent and pandemic strains of vibrio parahaemolyticus in three molluscan shellfish species (Meretrix meretrix, Perna viridis, and Anadara granosa) and their association with foodborne disease in southern Thailand

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2615-2620

  Vuddhakul, Varaporn ^a   Soboon, Supatinee ^c   Sunghiran, Wattanee ^c   Kaewpiboon, Sukhon ^b   Chowdhury, Ashrafuzzaman ^d,f   Ishibashi, Masanori ^e   Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu ^d   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^d  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b HATYAI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^c Regional Medical Science Center   (Thailand)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; MERETRIX MERETRIX; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; PERNA VIRIDIS; TEGILLARCA GRANOSA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 33751230816     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.11.2615     Document Type: Article

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