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Major tdh(+)Vibrio parahaemolyticus serotype changes temporally in the Bay of Bengal estuary of Bangladesh.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2016
Akther Farhana, Neogi Sucharit Basu, Chowdhury Wasimul B, Sadique Abdus, Islam Atiqul, Akhter Marufa Zerin, Johura Fatema-Tuz, Ohnishi Makoto, Watanabe Haruo, Boucher Yan, Alam Munirul
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is responsible for seafood-related gastroenteritis worldwide. In Bangladesh, diarrhea is endemic and diarrheagenic V. parahaemolyticus serotypes occur naturally in the coastal and estuarine aquatic environment. V. parahaemolyticus strains, isolated from estuarine surface water of the Bay of Bengal villages of Bangladesh during 2006-2008, were tested for the presence of virulence and...
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