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Incidence of highly genetically diversified Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafood imported from Asian countries.
International journal of food microbiology - 15 Nov 1999
Wong H C, Chen M C, Liu S H, Liu D P
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an important pathogen of humans and aquacultured animals, especially in Asian countries. In this study, we examined 686 samples of seafood imported from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam for V. parahaemolyticus. V. parahaemolyticus was recovered from 315 (45.9%) samples. The incidence of V. parahaemolyticus in products from Hong Kong and Thailand was markedly higher than the...
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