Abstract
<i>Vibrio parahaemolyticus</i>O3:K6 Epidemic Diarrhea, Chile, 2005
Highlights
To the Editor: Outbreaks of diarrhea and gastroenteritis caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus have been recently reported in many countries and regions where this pathogen was previously unknown [1,2]
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed that V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated from patients throughout the epidemic corresponded to pandemic clone O3:K6, as did the strains isolated in Chile from 2 smaller outbreaks in 1998 and 2004 [1,8]
Strains of this clone constituted the only pathogenic strain of V. parahaemolyticus detected in mussels and the only pathogenic strain that has persisted in shellfish throughout this period [1,8]
Summary
To the Editor: Outbreaks of diarrhea and gastroenteritis caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus have been recently reported in many countries and regions where this pathogen was previously unknown [1,2]. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed that V. parahaemolyticus strains isolated from patients throughout the epidemic corresponded to pandemic clone O3:K6, as did the strains isolated in Chile from 2 smaller outbreaks in 1998 and 2004 [1,8]. Strains of this clone constituted the only pathogenic strain of V. parahaemolyticus detected in mussels and the only pathogenic strain that has persisted in shellfish throughout this period [1,8].
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