Article
Origins and colonization history of pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in South America.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2010
Ansede-Bermejo Juan, Gavilan Ronnie G, Triñanes Joaquín, Espejo Romilio T, Martinez-Urtaza Jaime
Abstract excerpt
The dynamics of dissemination of the environmental human pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus are uncertain. The O3:K6 clone was restricted to Asia until its detection along the Peruvian coasts and in northern Chile in 1997 in phase with the arrival of El Niño waters. A subsequent emergence of O3:K6 strains was detected in austral Chile in 2004. The origin of these 1997 and 2004 population radiations has not yet been...
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