Serology, Virulence and Molecular Characteristics of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Isolated from Seafood in Zhejiang Province

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2018 Oct 5

PMID 30286209

Citations 6

Authors

Xiao Chen

Qiaoyun Zhu

Fei Yu

Wen Zhang

Ruonan Wang

Xianfei Ye

Linfeng Jin

Yanchao Liu

Shufei Li

Yu Chen

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Abstract

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a leading foodborne pathogen in southeastern China. In this study, 105 strains of V. parahaemolyticus were isolated from fresh seafood in 2013 and 2014. The serotypes, virulence-associated genes and sequence types (STs) of these strains were analyzed. 26 defined serotypes were identified and 69 strains (65.7%) had untypeable O or K antigen. 8 strains (7.6%) had the virulence-associated gene tdh and no strain carried the trh gene. 45.7% (48/105) of isolates contained all four T3SS1 genes and 50% (4/8) tdh+ trh- V. parahaemolyticus isolates lacked at least one of the four tested T3SS2α genes. 105 strains could be categorized into 84 STs and only 3 STs (ST3, ST8, ST675) had appeared in clinical strains. V. parahaemolyticus strains from seafood have more diverse and untypeable serotypes, less virulence-associated genes and more STs than strains from clinical sources.

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