RT Journal Article
T1 Epidemic Dynamics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Illness in a Hotspot of Disease Emergence, Galicia, Spain
A1 Martínez Urtaza, Jaime Luis
A1 Triñanes Fernández, Joaquín Ángel
A1 Abanto, Michel
A1 Lozano León, Antonio
A1 Llovo Taboada, José
A1 García Campello, Marta
A1 Pousa Ortega, Ánxela
A1 Powell, Andy
A1 Baker-Austin, Craig
A1 González Escalona, Narjol
K1 Globally
K1 Vibrio parahaemolyticus
K1 Seafood consumption
K1 Infections
K1 Molecular epidemiology
AB Galicia in northwestern Spain has been considered a hotspot for Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections. Infections abruptly emerged in 1998 and, over the next 15 years, were associated with large outbreaks caused by strains belonging to a single clone. We report a recent transition in the epidemiologic pattern in which cases throughout the region have been linked to different and unrelated strains. Global genome-wide phylogenetic analysis revealed that most of the pathogenic strains isolated from infections were associated with globally diverse isolates, indicating frequent episodic introductions from disparate and remote sources. Moreover, we identified that the 2 major switches in the epidemic dynamics of V. parahaemolyticus in the regions, the emergence of cases and an epidemiologic shift in 2015–2016, were associated with the rise of sea surface temperature in coastal areas of Galicia. This association may represent a fundamental contributing factor in the emergence of illness linked to these introduced pathogenic strains.
PB Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
SN 1080-6040
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22189
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22189
LA eng
NO Martinez-Urtaza, J., Trinanes, J., Abanto, M., Lozano-Leon, A., Llovo-Taboada, J., Garcia-Campello, M....Gonzalez-Escalona, N. (2018). Epidemic Dynamics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Illness in a Hotspot of Disease Emergence, Galicia, Spain. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(5), 852-859. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2405.171700.
NO J.T. was funded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/OceanWatch and NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. M.A. was funded through the NERC project NE/P004121/1.
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