title: Outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by the pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 in Mexico.
abstract: During 2003 and during late September of 2004, more than 1230 cases of gastroenteritis were reported in the south of Sinaloa State, north-western Mexico. All cases were attributed to the consumption of raw or undercooked shrimp collected at the Huizache-Caimanero lagunary system. Vibrio parahaemolyticus was identified by standard biochemical methods, and many strains were positive for PCR amplifications of the tlh and tdh genes and negative for the trh gene. A representative strain belonged to the O3:K6 serogroup. This is the first outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by the pandemic strains of O3:K6 V. parahaemolyticus in México.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic, Nayarit, México.
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cabanillas-Beltrán
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: LLausás-Magaña
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Abel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Gasca
authors.forename: Mitsuaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishibuchi
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gomez-Gil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012758:Shellfish / Q000382:microbiology*; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*