Characteristics of potentially pathogenic vibrios from subtropical Mozambique compared with isolates from tropical India and boreal Sweden

• Reported outbreaks of Vibrio parahaemolyticus have increased worldwide, particularly in regions of high seafood consumption. In Mozambique, seafood constitutes an important food resource and diarrheal diseases are common among its inhabitants. Edible clams were collected in Maputo Bay during both the dry and rainy seasons, with the results showing the number of viable counts of vibrios in clams to peak during the latter. Vibrio parahaemolyticus was the predominant species identified among the isolated strains. Although only one of 109 total strains carried the tdh virulence gene, 69% of isolates showed evidence of hemolytic capacity when subjected to a functional test. Similar virulence patterns and biochemical properties were found in strains isolated from Indian and Swedish marine waters. Antibiotic resistance was, however, more pronounced in strains isolated from these latter two environments.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Mikrobiologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Microbiology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

qPCR

antibiotic resistance

hemolysis

thermostable direct hemolysin

shellfish consumption

infectious-diseases

bivalve shellfish

wound-infection

southern chile

global climate

mytilus-edulis

parahaemolyticus

cholerae

announ

CBergstrom

TBergstrom

T200678896JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGYnullTANIGUCHI

spite

gtspite

gtwazenski

tjwazenski

tj1981411475applied and environmental

johnson

deweinberg

lweinberg

lciarkowski

jciarkowski

jwest

pwest

pcolwell

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