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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Pandemic serovars (O3:K6 and O4:K68) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus associated with diarrhea in Mozambique: Spread of the pandemic into the African continent
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Volume 43, No. 6, Year 2005
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Forty-two episodes of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections were detected in Beira, Mozambique, from January to May 2004. The majority of the isolates (81%) belonged to the pandemic serovars (O3:K6 and O4:K68) of V. parahaemolyticus. The pandemic serovars were positive by group-specific PCR (GS-PCR) and a PCR specific for open reading frame ORF8 (ORF8-PCR), which are molecular markers of the pandemic clone, and were positive for tdh but negative for trh. The remaining 19% of the strains also possessed the tdh gene but were GS-PCR and ORF8-PCR negative and did not belong to the pandemic serovars. Patients with V. parahaemolyticus infection were older (mean age, 27 years) than patients infected by other diarrheal agents (mean age, 21 years). Ten percent of diarrhea patients from whom no V. parahaemolyticus was cultured were severely dehydrated, but none of the V. parahaemolyticus cases were severely dehydrated. This is the first report of the isolation of pandemic strains of V. parahaemolyticus in sub-Saharan Africa and clearly indicates that the pandemic of V. parahaemolyticus has spread into the African continent. Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ansaruzzaman, Mohammad
Bangladesh, Dhaka
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Bangladesh, Dhaka
Icddrb, Laboratory Sciences Division
Lucas, Marcelino E.S.
Mozambique, Maputo
Ministry of Health Mozambique
Deen, Jacqueline L.
South Korea, Seoul
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Bhuiyan, Nurul Amin
Bangladesh, Dhaka
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Wang, Xuanyi
South Korea, Seoul
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Safa, Ashrafus
Bangladesh, Dhaka
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Sultana, Marzia
Bangladesh, Dhaka
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Chowdhury, Ashrafuzzaman
Bangladesh, Dhaka
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Balakrish Nair, Gopinath
Bangladesh, Dhaka
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Sack, David Allen
Bangladesh, Dhaka
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
Von-Seidlein, Lorenz
South Korea, Seoul
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Puri, Mahesh K.
South Korea, Seoul
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Ali, Mohammad M.
South Korea, Seoul
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Chaignat, Claire Lise
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Clemens, John David
South Korea, Seoul
International Vaccine Institute, Seoul
Barreto, Avertino T.L.
Mozambique, Maputo
Ministry of Health Mozambique
Statistics
Citations: 116
Authors: 16
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1128/JCM.43.6.2559-2562.2005
ISSN:
00951137
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Mozambique