Population structure of clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus from 17 coastal countries, determined through multilocus sequence analysis.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading cause of food-borne gastroenteritis worldwide. Although this bacterium has been the subject of much research, the population structure of clinical strains from worldwide collections remains largely undescribed, and the recorded outbreaks of V. parahaemolyticus ga...

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Main Authors: Dongsheng Han, Hui Tang, Jun Lu, Guangzhou Wang, Lin Zhou, Lingfeng Min, Chongxu Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4165897?pdf=render