A pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing scheme for Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from fifteen countries

• Main Authors: Hin chung Wong, Shu Hui Liu, Chien Shun Chiou, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, Bok Kwon Lee, Orasa Suthienkul, Gopinath Balakrish Nair, Charles A. Kaysner, Hatsumi Taniguchi
• Other Authors: Soochow University, Taipei
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/24023
• Institution: Mahidol University

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an important foodborne pathogen in Taiwan and many other maritime Asian countries where seafood is frequently consumed. A total of 535 strains of V. parahaemolyticus were recovered mostly (97%) from clinical samples obtained in Taiwan or in 14 other countries. These strain...