Epidemiologic study of Vibrio vulnificus infections by using variable number tandem repeats

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1282-1285

  Broza, Yoav Y ^a   Danin Poleg, Yael ^a   Lerner, Larisa ^b   Valinsky, Lea ^b   Broza, Meir ^c   Kashi, Yechezkel ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOTYPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; TILAPIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS INFECTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TILAPIA; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 68049114692     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1508.080839     Document Type: Article

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