1. Genetic Characterization of Vibrio vulnificus Strains from Tilapia Aquaculture in Bangladesh.
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Mahmud, Zahid H., Wright, Anita C., Mandal, Shankar C., Dai, Jianli, Jones, Melissa K., Hasan, Mahmud, Rashid, Mohammad H., Islam, Mohammad S., Johnson, Judith A., Gulig, Paul A., Morris, Jr., J. Glenn, and Ali, Afsar
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VIBRIO vulnificus , *TILAPIA , *AQUACULTURE , *FISHES' injuries , *CLADISTIC analysis , *OYSTERS , *TREATMENT of fish diseases , *GRAM-negative bacterial diseases , *HALOPHILIC microorganisms , *PHYSIOLOGIC strain , *DISEASES - Abstract
Outbreaks of Vibrio vulnificus wound infections in Israel were previously attributed to tilapia aquaculture. In this study, V. vulnificus was frequently isolated from coastal but not freshwater aquaculture in Bangladesh. Phylogenetic analyses showed that strains from Bangladesh differed remarkably from isolates commonly recovered elsewhere from fish or oysters and were more closely related to strains of clinical origin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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