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Vibrio parahemolyticus was isolated from 8.5% of adult Vietnamese civilians with gastroenteritis and 2.5% of United States servicemen with gastroenteritis. No isolates were obtained from persons without gastroenteritis. The organism also was isolated from various seafood specimens and from sea water.
Accepted for publication February 9, 1972.
Address reprint requests to: Captain Michael W. Benenson, MC, Department of Epidemiology, U.S. Army Medical Component, South East Asia Treaty Organization, APO San Francisco 96346.
* The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.
Present address: Box 4, Okarche, Oklahoma 73762.
Present address: SEATO Medical Laboratory, Bangkok, Thailand, APO San Francisco 96346.
Present address: Institute Pasteur, Saigon, Vietnam.
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