Epidemiologic Study of Vibrio vulnificus Infections by Using Variable Number Tandem Repeats

摘要

A 3-year environmental and clinical Vibrio vulnificussurvey using simple-sequence repeats typing shows that V. vulnificusbiotype 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 envi-ronmental source of the pathogen