Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 epidemic diarrhea, Chile, 2005 [6]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-656

  Cabello, Felipe C ^a   Espejo, Romilio T ^b   Hernandez, Maria Cristina ^c   Rioseco, Maria Luisa ^d   Ulloa, Juanita ^c   Vergara, Jose Antonio ^c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Secretaria Regional Ministerial de Salud Region Metropolitana Gobierno de Chile   (Chile)

^d Hospital Regional de Puerto Montt   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PERU; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 34047109107     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1304.06-1152     Document Type: Letter

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