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Virulence gene- and pandemic group-specific marker profiling of clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2007
Meador Carolyn E, Parsons Michele M, Bopp Cheryl A, Gerner-Smidt Peter, Painter John A, Vora Gary J
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a halophilic bacterium capable of causing food- and waterborne gastroenteritis, wound infections, and septicemia in humans. The organism has recently received increasing attention, as the emergence of a new clone, V. parahaemolyticus O3:K6, has resulted in the first documented pandemic spread of V. parahaemolyticus. We used microarray analyses to explore the presence of known virulence...
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