Abstract
Application of an immunomagnetic enrichment method selective for Vibrio parahaemolyticus serovar K6 allowed isolation of a strain belonging to the pandemic O3:K6 clone of V. parahaemolyticus from fresh shellfish not implicated in a clinical case in southern Thailand. Arbitrarily primed PCR profiles of this strain, clinical O3:K6 strains isolated from sporadic diarrhea cases in the same area, and a standard pandemic O3:K6 strain were indistinguishable.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bacteriological Techniques
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Colony Count, Microbial
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Decapoda / microbiology
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Decapodiformes / microbiology
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Diarrhea / microbiology
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Fishes / microbiology
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Humans
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Immunomagnetic Separation
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Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
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Seafood / microbiology*
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Thailand / epidemiology
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Vibrio Infections / epidemiology
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Vibrio Infections / microbiology*
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus / classification
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus / genetics*
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus / isolation & purification*