New Variant of Vibrio parahaemolyticus , Sequence Type 3, Serotype O10:K4, China, 2020

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 1261 - 1264
• Main Authors: Huang, Yan, Du, Yue, Wang, Hong, Tan, Dongmei, Su, Airong, Li, Xiugui, Kan, Biao, Lan, Lan, Qu, Cong, Pang, Bo, Shi, Yunliang, Lin, Mei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2022; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Antimicrobial agents; bacteria; Causes of; China; Cities; Cloning; Disease control; Disease prevention; Dispatch; Distribution; Drug resistance; Epidemics; Foodborne diseases; Gastroenteritis; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Genomics; Identification and classification; Infections; Infectious diseases; Laboratories; new variant; New Variant of; O10: K4; outbreak; pandemic clone; Pandemics; Pathogens; Vibrio; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; China; Beijing China; O10: K4; bacteria; new variant; China; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; outbreak; pandemic clone

In 2020, a new serotype of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O10:K4 emerged and caused several outbreaks and sporadic cases in Guangxi, China. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that those strains are new variants of the sequence type 3 pandemic clone. The new serotype may become dominant, warranting enhanced in...