Outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Sequence Type 120, Peru, 2009.
In 2009, an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus occurred in Piura, Cajamarca, Lambayeque, and Lima, Peru. Whole-genome sequencing of clinical and environmental samples from the outbreak revealed a new V. parahaemolyticus clone. All the isolates identified belonged to a single clonal complex described exclusively in Asia before its emergence in Peru.
Narjol
N
Gonzalez-Escalona
Ronnie G
RG
Gavilan
Magaly
M
Toro
Maria L
ML
Zamudio
Jaime
J
Martinez-Urtaza
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology / Q000379:methods; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D012984:Software; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics
El Niño; Peru; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; bacteria; bacterial infection; clonal complex; multilocus sequence typing; next-generation sequencing; outbreak; sequence type; whole-genome MLST