Characterization of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus isolated from oysters and mussels in São Paulo, Brazil

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium, responsible for gastroenteritis in humans. Most of the clinical isolates produce thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) and TDH-related hemolysin (TRH) encoded by tdh and trh genes respectively. In this study, twenty-three V. parahaemolyticus, previously i...

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Main Authors: Martha Virginia Ribeiro Rojas, Maria Helena Matté, Milena Dropa, Miriam Lopes Da Silva, Glavur Rogério Matté
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
tlh
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652011000400005&lng=en&tlng=en