Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram-negative pathogen1 that can cause foodborne disease. A publication by Scallan et al.2 in 2011 estimated that 96 human foodborne V. vulnificus cases, including 36 deaths, occur annually in the US.
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne V. vulnificus in the US and Canada include:
E. Fidelma Boyd, University of Delaware, USA (http://www.bio.udel.edu/people/fidelma-boyd.php)
Rowe-Magnus DA, University of Toronto, Canada
Darrell Jay Grimes, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA (http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/cv/grimes.jay/cv.grimes.jay.php)
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne V. vulnificus in Europe include:
Carmen Amaro González, Universitat de València, Spain
Oliver JD, Foggia University, Italy
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne V. vulnificus in South and Latin America include:
Mata-Miranda P, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México
Key laboratories studying various aspects of foodborne V. vulnificus in Asia and Australia include:
Shih-Feng Tsai, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (http://faculty.nhri.org.tw/list_new2.php?indx=41)
Makoto Ohnishi, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Susa N, Kitasato University, Japan
Additional resources on V. vulnificus:
A number of key sources on V. vulnificus are available.
References
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrio_vulnificus
2Scallan et al. 2011.Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:7-15 PMID:21192848
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