Vibrio parahaemolyticus: A review on the pathogenesis, prevalence, and advance molecular identification techniques

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Letchumanan, Vengadesh ^a,b   Chan, Kok Gan ^b   Lee, Learn Han ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestation; Food borne; Molecular techniques; Pathogenesis; Prevalence; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOTOXIC NECROTIZING FACTOR 1; FIBRONECTIN; HEMOLYSIN; PHOSPHATIDIC ACID; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AUTOPHAGY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL COUNTING; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYSIS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SEA FOOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84920666144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00705     Document Type: Review

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