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Genomic Variation and Evolution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus ST36 over the Course of a Transcontinental Epidemic Expansion.
mBio - 14 Nov 2017
Martinez-Urtaza Jaime, van Aerle Ronny, Abanto Michel, Haendiges Julie, Myers Robert A, Trinanes Joaquin, Baker-Austin Craig, Gonzalez-Escalona Narjol
Abstract excerpt
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of seafood-related infections with illnesses undergoing a geographic expansion. In this process of expansion, the most fundamental change has been the transition from infections caused by local strains to the surge of pandemic clonal types. Pandemic clone sequence type 3 (ST3) was the only example of transcontinental spreading until 2012, when ST36 was detected outside...
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