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Surveillance
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MMWR Articles
Vibrio vulnificus Infections Associated with Eating Raw
Oysters - Los Angeles, 1996
MMWR
July 26, 1996 / Vol. 45 / No. 29
Vibrio vulnificus Infections Associated with Raw Oyster
Consumption - Florida, 1981-1992
MMWR
June 4, 1993 / Vol. 42 / No. 21
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References
CDC. Vibrio vulnificus infections associated with eating
raw oysters - Los Angeles, 1996. MMWR 1996; 45: 621-624.
CDC. Vibrio vulnificus infections associated with raw
oyster consumption - Florida, 1981-1992. MMWR 1993; 42: 405-407.
Shapiro RL, Altekruse S, Hutwagner L, Bishop R, Hammond R, Wilson
S, Ray B, Thompson S, Tauxe RV, Griffin PM, and the Vibrio
Working Group. The role of Gulf Coast oysters harvested in warmer
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Klontz KC, Lieb S, Schreiber M, Janowski HT, Baldy LM, Gunn
RA. Syndromes of Vibrio vulnificus infections. Clinical
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Banatvala N, Hlady WG, Ray BJ, McFarland LM, Thompson S, Tauxe
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The Lancet 1999; 354: 1421-1424.
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