Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Southern Coastal Region of China, 2007–2012 Details Alert sent: No Sites: AH Publish date: Thu 2014-Mar-20 Channel: Pests/diseases Text (summary): Volume 20, Number 4—April 2014 Dispatch Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Southern Coastal Region of China, 2007–2012 Article Contents The Study Conclusions Acknowledgments References Figure Table 1 Table 2 Suggested Citation Yinghui Li, Xu Xie, Xiaolu Shi, Yiman Lin, Jin Mou, Qiongcheng Chen, Yan Lu, Li Zhou, Min Jiang, Honghu Sun, Hanwu Ma, Jinquan Cheng, Qinghua Hu , and YaqunQiu Author affiliations: Shenzhen Major Infectious Disease Control Key Laboratory, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China (Y. Li, X. Xie, X. Shi, Y. Lin, Y. Qiu, J. Mou, Q. Chen, Y. Lu, L. Zhou, M. Jiang, H. Ma, J. Cheng, Q. Hu); Sichuan University, Chengdu, China (H. Sun); Shenzhen University, Shenzhen (Q. Hu) Suggested citation for this article Abstract We analyzed the prevalence and characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus among patients with acute infectious diarrhea in the southern coastal region of China. V. parahaemolyticus was the leading cause of bacterial infectious diarrhea in this region during 2007–2012. Serotype O3:K6 strains were most common, followed by serotypes O4:K8 and O3:K29. Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a halophilic bacterium, is recognized as a major cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, often associated with the consumption of raw or undercooked shellfish. V. parahaemolyticus infections are caused by diverse serotypes; however, serotype O3:K6 has been reported to be dominant and has been a widespread serotype since 1997 (1). V. parahaemolyticus has been the leading cause of foodborne outbreaks and bacterial infectious diarrhea in China since the 1990s, especially in coastal regions (2,3). Serotype O3:K6 was documented as the dominant serotype in Zhejiang Province, China, in 2002 and was proven to be a pandemic clone in 2008 (4). However, long-term fluctuation in the frequency of infections with the pandemic strains of V. parahaemolyticus remains unknown. In 2007, laboratory-based surveillance for acute infectious diarrhea at 11 sentinel hospitals was established in Shenzhen City in the southern coastal region of China with V. parahaemolyticus as one of the target pathogens. To characterize V. parahaemolyticus infections and clarify its prevalence in this region, we analyzed all V. parahaemolyticus cases captured by this surveillance during 2007–2012. The Study Read more: Locations Location Coordinates Zoom Relevance Show on map Shenzhen, China 22.5431°N 114.058°E 0.500 Discovery Discoveries: Discovery method: User created article Original language: English Original text (summary): Volume 20, Number 4—April 2014 Dispatch Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Southern Coastal Region of China, 2007–2012 Article Contents The Study Conclusions Acknowledgments References Figure Table 1 Table 2 Suggested Citation Yinghui Li, Xu Xie, Xiaolu Shi, Yiman Lin, Jin Mou, Qiongcheng Chen, Yan Lu, Li Zhou, Min Jiang, Honghu Sun, Hanwu Ma, Jinquan Cheng, Qinghua Hu , and YaqunQiu Author affiliations: Shenzhen Major Infectious Disease Control Key Laboratory, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China (Y. Li, X. Xie, X. Shi, Y. Lin, Y. Qiu, J. Mou, Q. Chen, Y. Lu, L. Zhou, M. Jiang, H. Ma, J. Cheng, Q. Hu); Sichuan University, Chengdu, China (H. Sun); Shenzhen University, Shenzhen (Q. Hu) Suggested citation for this article Abstract We analyzed the prevalence and characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus among patients with acute infectious diarrhea in the southern coastal region of China. V. parahaemolyticus was the leading cause of bacterial infectious diarrhea in this region during 2007–2012. Serotype O3:K6 strains were most common, followed by serotypes O4:K8 and O3:K29. Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a halophilic bacterium, is recognized as a major cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, often associated with the consumption of raw or undercooked shellfish. V. parahaemolyticus infections are caused by diverse serotypes; however, serotype O3:K6 has been reported to be dominant and has been a widespread serotype since 1997 (1). V. parahaemolyticus has been the leading cause of foodborne outbreaks and bacterial infectious diarrhea in China since the 1990s, especially in coastal regions (2,3). Serotype O3:K6 was documented as the dominant serotype in Zhejiang Province, China, in 2002 and was proven to be a pandemic clone in 2008 (4). However, long-term fluctuation in the frequency of infections with the pandemic strains of V. parahaemolyticus remains unknown. In 2007, laboratory-based surveillance for acute infectious diarrhea at 11 sentinel hospitals was established in Shenzhen City in the southern coastal region of China with V. parahaemolyticus as one of the target pathogens. To characterize V. parahaemolyticus infections and clarify its prevalence in this region, we analyzed all V. parahaemolyticus cases captured by this surveillance during 2007–2012. The Study
