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. 2014 Jan 2;3:110. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00110

Table 1.

Presence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and the pandemic O3:K6 clone in clinical cases and the environment on the American continent.

Country (year of isolation) Source of isolates and serovars collected (origin type) Reference
(No. Cases) Clinical Pandemic ()* Other serotypes (No. Samples) Environmental Pandemic ()* Other serotypes
Peru (1993–2007) (424) Gastroenteritis O3:K6 (1996) O1:K33, O2:K3, O3:K30, O3:K58 Fish O3:K6 (1996) No data available Gil et al., 2007
O3:K68 O3:K68, O4:K8, O4:K12, O4:K55
O3:K58 O6:K18, O6:K46, O11:K15, O1:KUT, O2:KUT Shrimp Gavilan et al., 2013
OUT:K6 O5:KUT, O6:KUT, O11:KUT, OUT:K3
OUT:K6, OUT:K8, OUT:K46, OUT:KUT
Chile (1998–2013) (>16000) Gastroenteritis O3:K6 (1998) O1:K56, O3:K6, O3:K59, O4:K12 Shellfish O3:K6 (1998) O3:KUT Gonzalez-Escalona et al., 2005
O10:K20, O1:KUT, O3:KUT, OUT:KUT Garcia et al., 2009
Harth et al., 2009
United States of America (1973–2012) 6159 O3:K6 (1998) O1:K20, O1:K25, O1:K33, O1:K43 Shellfish No data available Daniels et al., 2000a,b
Gastroenteritis O1:K56, O3:K39, O3:K5, O3:K56 Depaola et al., 2000
Wound infections Septicemia O4:K4, O4:K8, O4:K9, O4:K12 McLaughlin et al., 2005
O4:K13, O4:K34, O4:K37, O4:K42 Newton et al., 2012
O4:K53, O4:K63, O5:K17, O5:K30 Fish
O5:K47,O6:K18, O8:K41, O8:K70
O1:KUT, O3:KUT, O4:KUT, O5:KUT
O6:KUT, O8:KUT, O10:KUT, O11:KUT
Brazil (1989–2002) (39) Gastroenteritis O3:K6 (2002) O1:K56, O3:K5 O3:K6, O3:K58 (23) Shellfish No data available Hofer, 1983
O3:KUT O3:KUT, O4:K4, O4:K10, O4:K12 O4:K53, O4:KUT, O5:KUT, O10:KUT Magalhaes et al., 1991a,b, 1992
Leal et al., 2008
Sobrinho Pde et al., 2010
Mexico (2001–2010) (>1379) Gastroenteritis O3:K6 (2004) O1:KUT, O1:K9, O1:K33, O3:K58 (190) Shellfish O3:K6 (2004) O1:K25, O1:K26, O1:K32, O1:K33 Cabrera-Garcia et al., 2004
O3:KUT O3:K68, O4:KUT, O4:K8, O4:K10 Fish O3:KUT O1:K41, O1:K56, O2:K28, O3:k4 Cabanillas-Beltran et al., 2006
O4:K12, O4:K63, O5:K15, O5:K17 Seawater O10:KUT O3:K6, O3:K29, O3:K32, O3:K33
O6:K46, O8:K20, O10:K52, O1:KUT O3:K58, O3:K59, O3:K68, O4:K10 Velazquez-Roman et al., 2012
O4:K12, O4:K53, O4:K68, O5:K15,
O5:K17, O5:K68, O6:K6, O6:K46
O4:KUT, O5:KUT, O8:KUT, O11:KUT Sediment O8:K8, O8:K20, O8:K21, O10:K52,
OUT:KUT O1:KUT, O2:KUT, O3:KUT, O4:KUT
O5:KUT, O6:KUT, O7:KUT, O10:KUT
O11:KUT, OUT:K8, OUT:KUT
Canada (1997–2006) (>200) Gastroenteritis No data available Shellfish No data available FAO/WHO, 2011
Khaira and Galanis, 2007
Costa Rica (1985–2002) (77) Shellfish No data available Garcia Cortes and Antillon, 1990
Sediment Díaz, 2002
Puerto Rico (1986–1988) Shellfish No data available Rivera Susan et al., 1989
Panama (1974–1975) (>1) Gastroenteritis No data available Shrimp No data available Kourany et al., 1974; Kourany and Vasquez, 1975
Venezuela (2011) Shellfish No data available Grau et al., 2004
Prawn Muñoz et al., 2008
Coral Garcia-Amado et al., 2011
Argentina (1977) Shellfish No data available Casellas et al., 1977
*

Year of isolation of O3:K6 pandemic clone.