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Genetic diversity of clinical and environmental Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains from the Pacific Northwest.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2012
Paranjpye Rohinee, Hamel Owen S, Stojanovski Asta, Liermann Martin
Abstract excerpt
Since 1997, cases of Vibrio parahaemolyticus-related gastroenteritis from the consumption of raw oysters harvested in Washington State have been higher than historical levels. These cases have shown little or no correlation with concentrations of potentially pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus (positive for the thermostable direct hemolysin gene, tdh) in oysters, although significant concentrations of tdh(+) V....
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