Population Structure of Clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus from 17 Coastal Countries, Determined through Multilocus Sequence Analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 9; p. e107371
• Main Authors: Han, Dongsheng, Tang, Hui, Lu, Jun, Wang, Guangzhou, Zhou, Lin, Min, Lingfeng, Han, Chongxu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 16.09.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Bioinformatics; Biology and Life Sciences; Cloning; Coastal environments; Data base management systems; Data bases; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Evolution; Food; Foodborne Diseases - microbiology; Gastroenteritis; Genetic diversity; Genetic Loci; Genetic Variation; Global Health; Hospitals; Humans; Illnesses; Infections; Medicine and Health Sciences; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Outbreaks; Pandemics; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Population; Population structure; RecA protein; Research and Analysis Methods; Seafood; Seafoods; Seawater; Studies; Vibrio Infections - microbiology; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Vibrio parahaemolyticus - classification; Vibrio parahaemolyticus - genetics; Water-borne diseases; Waterborne diseases

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading cause of food-borne gastroenteritis worldwide. Although this bacterium has been the subject of much research, the population structure of clinical strains from worldwide collections remains largely undescribed, and the recorded outbreaks of V. parahaemolyticus ga...