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Prevalence and genetic characterization of Vibrio vulnificus in raw seafood and seawater in Malaysia.
Journal of food protection - 1 Oct 2013
Paydar Mohammadjavad, Thong Kwai Lin
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio vulnificus is a highly invasive human pathogen that exists naturally in estuarine environment and coastal waters. In this study, we used different PCR assays to detect V. vulnificus in 260 seafood and 80 seawater samples. V. vulnificus was present in about 34 (13%) of the 260 seafood samples and 18 (23%) of the 80 seawater samples. Repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR (REP-PCR) and enterobacterial...
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