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Virulence Profiles of Vibrio vulnificus in German Coastal Waters, a Comparison of North Sea and Baltic Sea Isolates.
International journal of environmental research and public health - 15 Dec 2015
Bier Nadja, Jäckel Claudia, Dieckmann Ralf, Brennholt Nicole, Böer Simone I, Strauch Eckhard
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio vulnificus is a halophilic bacterium of coastal environments known for sporadically causing severe foodborne or wound infections. Global warming is expected to lead to a rising occurrence of V. vulnificus and an increasing incidence of human infections in Northern Europe. So far, infections in Germany were exclusively documented for the Baltic Sea coast, while no cases from the North Sea region have been...
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