Comparative genomics uncovered differences between clinical and environmental populations of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT: Vibrio parahaemolyticus has been identified as an emerging human pathogen worldwide with cases undergoing a global expansion over recent decades in phase with climate change. New Zealand had remained free of outbreaks until 2019, but different outbreaks have been reported consecutively since then. To provide new insights into the recent emergence of cases associated with outbreak clones over recent years, a comparative genomic study was carried out using a selection of clinical (mostly outbreak) and environmental isolates of V. parahaemolyticus obtained in New Zealand between 1973 and 2021. Among 151 isolates of clinical (n=60) and environmental (n=91) origin, 47 sequence types (STs) were identified, including 31 novel STs. The population of environmental isolat

SUBMITTER: Vasey J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10327497 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature