On the 50th anniversary of the discovery of vibrio parahaemolyticus: An overview of its pathogenicity

摘要

Fifty years have passed since Vibrio parahaemolyticus was discovered by the late professor Fujino on the occasion of an outbreak of "Shirasu(semi-dried seafish)" food-poisoning occurred in Osaka in 1950. Since then this organism has been very frequently isolated from patients of food posioning, mainly associated with seafood consumption, and accounted for about 30