Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Epidemiology of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Outbreaks, Southern Chile

Erika Harth¹, Luis Matsuda, Cristina Hernández, Maria L. Rioseco, Jaime Romero, Narjol González-Escalona, Jaime Martínez-Urtaza, and Romilio T. Espejo

Author affiliations: Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile (E. Harth, L. Matsuda, J. Romero, R.T. Espejo); Secretaría Regional Ministerial de Salud, Puerto Montt, Chile (C. Hernández); Hospital Regional de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt (M.L. Rioseco); Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA (N. González-Escalona); Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (J. Martínez-Urtaza); 1Current affiliation: Helmholtz Centre of Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.

Main Article

Figure 3

Number of seafood samples containing Vibrio parahaemolyticus corresponding to different direct genome restriction enzyme analysis (DGREA) groups observed in Puerto Montt, Chile, each summer, 2004–2007.

Figure 3. Number of seafood samples containing Vibrio parahaemolyticus corresponding to different direct genome restriction enzyme analysis (DGREA) groups observed in Puerto Montt, Chile, each summer, 2004–2007.

Main Article

Top of Page

The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.