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Virulence and stress susceptibility of clinical and environmental strains of Vibrio vulnificus isolated from samples from Taiwan and the United States.
Journal of food protection - 1 Dec 2005
Wong Hin-Chung, Liu Shu-Hui, Chen Meng-Yi
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio vulnificus is an estuarine bacterium that causes severe wound infection and septicemia with high mortality. It also can be transmitted through the consumption of raw contaminated seafood and is an important foodborne pathogen. A total of 40 environmental and clinical V. vulnificus strains isolated from the United States and Taiwan were analyzed for virulence in animals, the presence of virulence-associated...
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