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Isolation of a Pandemic O3:K6 Clone of a Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain from Environmental and Clinical Sources in Thailand |
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| Authors: | Varaporn Vuddhakul Ashrafazzuman Chowdhury Varaporn Laohaprertthisan Punnee Pungrasamee Nuanjira Patararungrong Pongpaga Thianmontri Masanori Ishibashi Chiho Matsumoto and Mitsuaki Nishibuchi |
| 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. |
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