TY - JOUR AU - Broza, Yoav Y. AU - Danin-Poleg, Yael AU - Lerner, Larisa AU - Valinsky, Lea AU - Broza, Meir AU - Kashi, Yechezkel T1 - Epidemiologic Study of Vibrio vulnificus Infections by Using Variable Number Tandem Repeats T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 8 SP - 1282 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A 3-year environmental and clinical Vibrio vulnificus survey using simple-sequence repeats typing shows that V. vulnificus biotype 3 constitutes ≈21% of the bacterium population in tested aquaculture ponds as opposed to ≈86% of clinical cases. Simple-sequence repeats proved to be a useful epidemiologic tool, providing information on the environmental source of the pathogen. KW - Vibrio vulnificus KW - bacteria KW - epidemiology KW - variable number tandem repeats KW - VNTR KW - bacterial typing KW - microsatellites KW - single-sequence repeats KW - SSR KW - dispatch KW - Israel DO - 10.3201/eid1508.080839 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/8/08-0839_article ER - End of Reference