title: Influence of seasonality on the genetic diversity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in New Hampshire shellfish waters as determined by multilocus sequence analysis.
abstract: Risk of gastric infection with Vibrio parahaemolyticus increases with favorable environmental conditions and population shifts that increase prevalence of infective strains. Genetic analysis of New Hampshire strains revealed a unique population with some isolates similar to outbreak-causing strains and high-level diversity that increased as waters warmed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: Crystal N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Brian M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Megan J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Striplin
authors.forename: Stephen H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Whistler
authors.forename: Vaughn S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D058889:Molecular Typing; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D009513:New Hampshire; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D012758:Shellfish / Q000382:microbiology*; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial