Ecoepidemiology of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with gastroenteritis.
In a territory-wide surveillance study, Laribacter hongkongensis was isolated solely from freshwater fish (60% of grass carps, 53% of bighead carps, and 25% of mud carps). Comparing the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of fish and patient isolates revealed that most patient isolates were clustered together, suggesting that some clones could be more virulent.
Teng
Jade L L
JL
Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Woo
Patrick C Y
PC
Ma
Shirley S L
SS
Sit
Thomas H C
TH
Ng
Lip-tet
LT
Hui
Wai-ting
WT
Lau
Susanna K P
SK
Yuen
Kwok-yung
KY
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology; D002347:Carps / Q000382:microbiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D017753:Ecosystem; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009346:Neisseriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity