Outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Sequence Type 120, Peru, 2009.

ABSTRACT: In 2009, an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus occurred in Piura, Cajamarca, Lambayeque, and Lima, Peru. Whole-genome sequencing of clinical and environmental samples from the outbreak revealed a new V. parahaemolyticus clone. All the isolates identified belonged to a single clonal complex described exclusively in Asia before its emergence in Peru.

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Escalona N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4918183 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature