Distribution and dynamics of epidemic and pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus virulence factors

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Ceccarelli, Daniela ^a   Hasan, Nur A ^a,b   Huq, Anwar ^a,c   Colwell, Rita R ^a,b,c,d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b CosmosID Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic strains; O3:K6; PAI; Pandemic strains; Tdh; Trh; V. parahaemolyticus; Virulence markers

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; MARKER; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN; PROTIRELIN;

CHEMOTAXIS; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 2; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS INFECTION; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIC STRAINS; O3:K6; PAI; PANDEMIC STRAINS; TDH; V. PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIOSIS; VIRULENCE MARKERS;

BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GLOBAL HEALTH; PANDEMICS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EPIDEMIC STRAINS; O3:K6; PAI; PANDEMIC STRAINS; TDH; TRH; V. PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE MARKERS;

EID: 84897920295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00097     Document Type: Review

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