Browsing by Author "Martínez Urtaza, Jaime"
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González Escalona, Narjol; Martínez Urtaza, Jaime; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Jaykus, Lee-Ann; De Paola, Angelo (AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY, 2008-04)Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an important human pathogen whose transmission is associated with the consumption of contaminated seafood. There is a growing public health concern due to the emergence of a pandemic strain causing ...
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Loyola, David E.; Navarro, Cristell; Uribe, Paulina; García, Katherine; Mella, Claudia; Díaz, Diego; Valdes, Natalia; Martínez Urtaza, Jaime; Espejo Torres, Romilio (BioMed Central, 2015)Background: New strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus that cause diarrhea in humans by seafood ingestion periodically emerge through continuous evolution in the ocean. Influx and expansion in the Southern Chilean ocean of ...
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García, Katherine; Gavilán, Ronnie G.; Höfle, Manfred G.; Martínez Urtaza, Jaime; Espejo Torres, Romilio (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2012-01-24)The emergence of the pandemic strain Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 in 1996 caused a large increase of diarrhea outbreaks related to seafood consumption in Southeast Asia, and later worldwide. Isolates of this strain ...
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Ansede Bermejo, Juan; Gavilán, Ronnie G.; Triñanes, Joaquín; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Martínez Urtaza, Jaime (Blackwell, 2010)The dynamics of dissemination of the environmental human pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus are uncertain. The O3:K6 clone was restricted to Asia until its detection along the Peruvian coasts and in northern Chile in 1997 ...