Vibrio Parahemolyticus in the Republic of Vietnam

David A. Neumann Walter Reed Army Medical Research Team (Vietnam), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20012

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Michael W. Benenson Walter Reed Army Medical Research Team (Vietnam), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20012

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Edward Hubster Walter Reed Army Medical Research Team (Vietnam), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20012

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Nguyen Thi Nhu Tuan Walter Reed Army Medical Research Team (Vietnam), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20012

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Le-Tien-Van Walter Reed Army Medical Research Team (Vietnam), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20012

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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.

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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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