Abstract
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a bacterial pathogen responsible for mild to severe gastroenteritis, wound infections, and septicemia resulting from the ingestion or handling of raw or undercooked contaminated seafood. Here, we report the draft whole-genome sequences and annotations of 14 Canadian V. parahaemolyticus clinical isolates that were serologically identified as K group II using polyvalent antisera but were not specifically K serogrouped using monovalent antisera.
Highlights
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a bacterial pathogen responsible for mild to severe gastroenteritis, wound infections, and septicemia resulting from the ingestion or handling of raw or undercooked contaminated seafood
Two serotypes (O4:K12 and O12:K12) of CC36 are responsible for outbreaks associated with the consumption of raw oysters harvested on the North American Pacific coast; the two serotypes are descended from a common sequence type 36 (ST36) ancestor (3)
Between 2000 and 2009, several V. parahaemolyticus clinical isolates originating from provincial public health laboratories along the Pacific coast were submitted to the National Microbiology Laboratory (Public Health Agency of Canada), British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), and the Bureau of Microbial Hazards (BMH) (Health Canada)
Summary
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a bacterial pathogen responsible for mild to severe gastroenteritis, wound infections, and septicemia resulting from the ingestion or handling of raw or undercooked contaminated seafood. Since 2000, there has been an increasing prevalence of V. parahaemolyticus infections in Canada (1). For effective V. parahaemolyticus epidemiological surveillance, including source attribution, strain delineation is necessary.
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