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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Vibrio parahaemolyticus
SUBMITTER: Douglas Call
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-51423 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nydam Seth D SD Shah Devendra H DH Call Douglas R DR
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 20140120
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an emerging bacterial pathogen capable of causing inflammatory gastroenteritis, wound infections, and septicemia. As a food-borne illness, infection is most frequently associated with the consumption of raw or undercooked seafood, particularly shellfish. It is the primary cause of Vibrio-associated food-borne illness in the United States and the leading cause of food-borne illness in Japan. The larger of its two chromosomes harbors a set of genes encoding type III sect ...[more]