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Does Vibrio vulnificus present a health threat to Canadians?

April 26, 2017Canadians Health medical publisher medical publishers peer review PRESENT Threat vibrio vulnificus

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Does Vibrio vulnificus present a health threat to Canadians?

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S Stavric, B Buchanan OBJECTIVE: To review recent data on Vibrio vulnificus and its properties, characteristics of disease and epidemiology, sources of infection, population at risk, infectious dose, documented cases of infection and health risk from V vulnificus infection in Canada. DATA SOURCE: A MEDLINE and CURRENT CONTENTS search (1981 through September 1996) using the main heading ‘Vibrio vulnificus’, ‘Vibrio species’, ‘seafood’, etc. Relevant articles were also selected from the literature collection in the authors’ laboratory. STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION: The authors judged articles relevant to the objective of the paper and selected them for a review. DATA SYNTHESIS: V vulnificus, an important cause of septicemia, wound infections and gastroenteritis, is considered to be one of the most invasive and rapidly lethal human pathogens. Molluscan shellfish concentrate this organism from warm seawater and present the greatest danger to consumers. Infections with this pathogen