title: Epidemiologic study of Vibrio vulnificus infections by using variable number tandem repeats.
abstract: A 3-year environmental and clinical Vibrio vulnificus survey using simple-sequence repeats typing shows that V. vulnificus biotype 3 constitutes approximately 21% of the bacterium population in tested aquaculture ponds as opposed to approximately 86% of clinical cases. Simple-sequence repeats proved to be a useful epidemiologic tool, providing information on the environmental source of the pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Yoav Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Broza
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Danin-Poleg
authors.forename: Larisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lerner
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valinsky
authors.forename: Meir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Broza
authors.forename: Yechezkel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kashi
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005398:Fisheries; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D017210:Tilapia / Q000382:microbiology; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D041261:Vibrio vulnificus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity