Molecular Evidence of Clonal Vibrio parahaemolyticus Pandemic Strains

The upsurge in worldwide incidence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection in the last 5 years has been attributed to the recent appearance of three serotypes with pandemic potential: O3:K6, O4:K68, and O1:K untypeable (KUT). Thirty-five strains of these serotypes, isolated from different countries ove...

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Main Authors: Nandini Roy Chowdhury, Soumen Chakraborty, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, Shinji Yamasaki, Yoshifumi Takeda, Gopinath Balakrish Nair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/6/00-0612_article