Seasonal and tissue distribution of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis, in retail freshwater fish in Hong Kong

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Fan, Rachel Y Y ^a   Lee, Ruby C M ^a   Teng, Jade L L ^a   Yuen, Kwok yung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distribution; Freshwater fish; Gastroenteritis; Laribacter hongkongensis; Seasonal; Tissue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARP; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; FRESHWATER FISH; GASTROENTERITIS; GILL; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE; LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN SURFACE; STOMACH; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CARPS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; GILLS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTESTINES; NEISSERIACEAE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEAFOOD; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CTENOPHARYNGODON; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS; LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS;

EID: 33845511358     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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