Recent Epidemic Emergence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 in Korea / 대한임상병리학회지
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
;
: 27-30, 2002.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-167992
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
V. parahaemolyticus O3K6 strains responsible for the increase in the number of cases of diarrhea in Southeast Asia since 1995. We performed serotyping of V. parahaemolyticus isolated from different geographic areas in Korea since 1998.METHODS:
A total of 45 V. parahaemolyticus strains were isolated from clinical specimens of pa-tients with diarrhea in different geographic areas of Seoul (Hanyang University Hospital, 16 cases), Incheon (Gachon Medical Center, 27 cases) and Gwangju (Chonnam University Hospital, 2 cases) from 1998 to 2000 in Korea. Serovar O3K6 of V. parahaemolyticus was determined by slide and tube agglutination tests with specific antisera (Seiken, Japan).RESULTS:
The twenty-eight (62%) of 45 samples were positive to specific antisera of V. parahae-molyticus O3K6. The O3K6 strains were detected 11/16 (69%) in Seoul, 15/27 (56%) in Incheon, and 2/2 (100%) in Gwangju. V. parahaemolyticus O3K6 was detected 11/16 (69%) in 1998, 12/18 (67%) in 1999, and 5/11 (45%) in 2000, respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
We report the epidemic emergence of V. parahaemolyticus O3K6 in Korea, since 1998.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Asia, Southeastern
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Vibrio
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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Agglutination Tests
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Serotyping
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Diarrhea
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Seoul
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Immune Sera
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Korea
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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