title: Ecoepidemiology of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis.
abstract: In a territory-wide surveillance study, Laribacter hongkongensis was isolated solely from freshwater fish (60% of grass carps, 53% of bighead carps, and 25% of mud carps). Comparing the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of fish and patient isolates revealed that most patient isolates were clustered together, suggesting that some clones could be more virulent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Jade L L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Patrick C Y
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Shirley S L
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Thomas H C
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Sit
authors.forename: Lip-tet
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Wai-ting
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Susanna K P
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Kwok-yung
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yuen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology; D002347:Carps / Q000382:microbiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D017753:Ecosystem; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009346:Neisseriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity