Serogroup, virulence, and genetic traits of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the estuarine ecosystem of Bangladesh

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6268-6274

  Alam, Munirul ^a   Chowdhury, Wasimul B ^a   Bhuiyan, N A ^a   Islam, Atiqul ^a   Hasan, Nur A ^a   Nair, G Balakrish ^a,b   Watanabe, H ^c   Siddique, A K ^a   Huq, Anwar ^d   Sack, R Bradley ^e   Akhter, M Z ^f   Grim, Christopher J ^d,h   Kam, K M ^g   Luey, C K Y ^g   Endtz, Hubert P ^a   Cravioto, Alejandro ^a   Colwell, Rita R ^d,e,h  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^g Public Health Laboratory Centre   (Hong Kong)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BAY OF BENGAL; CLINICAL STRAINS; DENDROGRAMS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; GENETIC TRAITS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; LOCAL STRAINS; MARKER GENES; PANDEMIC STRAINS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROGROUPS; THERMOSTABLE DIRECT; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE GENE;

BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE ENCODING; HEALTH RISKS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

STRAIN;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DNA; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH RISK; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BANGLADESH; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TLH GENE; TOXR GENE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BANGLADESH; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 70349411616     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00266-09     Document Type: Article

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