The first outbreak of acute diarrhea due to a pandemic strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 in Kolkata, India

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-187

  Sen, B ^a   Dutta, B ^a   Chatterjee, S ^a   Bhattacharya, M K ^a   Nandy, R K ^a   Mukhopadhyay, A K ^a   Gangopadhyay, D N ^a   Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Ramamurthy, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS O3 K6;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 33847211420     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.11.008     Document Type: Letter

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