Prevalence of the pandemic genotype of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and significance of its distribution across different serotypes

N A Bhuiyan; M Ansaruzzaman; M Kamruzzaman; Khorshed Alam; N R Chowdhury; M Nishibuchi; Shah M Faruque; David A Sack; Yoshifumi Takeda; G Balakrish Nair

doi:10.1128/JCM.40.1.284-286.2002

Prevalence of the pandemic genotype of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and significance of its distribution across different serotypes

J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Jan;40(1):284-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.284-286.2002.

Authors

N A Bhuiyan¹, M Ansaruzzaman, M Kamruzzaman, Khorshed Alam, N R Chowdhury, M Nishibuchi, Shah M Faruque, David A Sack, Yoshifumi Takeda, G Balakrish Nair

Affiliation

¹ International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.

Abstract

Sixty-six strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus belonging to 14 serotypes were isolated from hospitalized patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from January 1998 to December 2000. Among these, 48 strains belonging to four serotypes had the pandemic genotype and possessed the tdh gene. A marker (open reading frame ORF8) for a filamentous phage previously thought to correspond to the pandemic genotype was found to have a poor correlation with the pandemic genotype.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Bangladesh / epidemiology
DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
Disease Outbreaks*
Genotype
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prevalence
Serotyping
Transcription Factors / genetics
Vibrio Infections / epidemiology*
Vibrio Infections / microbiology
Vibrio parahaemolyticus / classification*
Vibrio parahaemolyticus / genetics*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
DNA-Binding Proteins
Transcription Factors
toxR protein, bacteria