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Molecular typing of environmental and clinical strains of Vibrio vulnificus isolated in the northeastern USA.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Reynaud Yann, Pitchford Steven, De Decker Sophie, Wikfors Gary H, Brown Christopher L
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio vulnificus is a ubiquitous marine bacterium that is responsible for infections and some seafood-related illnesses and deaths in the United States, mainly in individuals with compromised health status in the Gulf of Mexico region. Most phylogenetic studies focus on V. vulnificus strains isolated in the southern United States, but almost no genetic data are available on northeastern bacterial isolates of...
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