Volume 6, Number 6—December 2000
Research
Molecular Evidence of Clonal Vibrio parahaemolyticus Pandemic Strains
Nandini Roy Chowdhury*, Soumen Chakraborty*, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy*, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi†, Shinji Yamasaki*‡, Yoshifumi Takeda§, and Gopinath Balakrish Nair*
Table 1
Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains used in this study
| Serotype | Strain no. | Year of isolation | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| O3:K6 | VP47 | 1996 | Calcutta |
| KX-V224 | 1996 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Thailand | |
| KX-V225 | 1996 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Thailand | |
| KX-V226 | 1996 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Singapore | |
| KX-V231 | 1996 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Thailand | |
| KX-V138 | 1995 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Indonesia | |
| AM-6383 | 1996 | ICDDR,B | |
| 146 | 1997 | Wakayama, Japan | |
| 2 | 1997 | Laos | |
| AN-13938 | 1998 | ICDDR,B | |
| OP411 | 1997 | Osaka, Japan | |
| OP419 | 1998 | Osaka, Japan | |
| 1(1926) | 1998 | Kyoto, Japan | |
| FIHES98VI-32-4 | 1998 | Fukuoka, Japan | |
| VP26 | 1998 | Thailand | |
| 22/3 | 1998 | Thailand (an environmental strain) | |
| AN-8373 | 1998 | ICDDR,B | |
| VP81 | 1996 | Calcutta | |
| DOH958 15 | 1997 | Taiwan | |
| VP2 | 1998 | Korea | |
| BE98-2062 | 1998 | United States | |
| O1:KUT | VP185 | 1998 | Calcutta |
| AN-16000 | 1998 | ICDDR,B | |
| VP250 | 1999 | Calcutta | |
| KX-V737 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Thailand | ||
| O4:K68 | AN-5034 | 1998 | ICDDR,B |
| KX-V483 | 1997 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Thailand | |
| KX-V508 | 1997 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Nepal | |
| KX-V522 | 1997 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Singapore | |
| KX-V532 | 1997 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Thailand | |
| KX-V563 | 1998 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Thailand | |
| KX-V568 | 1998 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Vietnam | |
| VP232 | 1998 | Calcutta | |
| OP-424 | 1998 | Osaka, Japan | |
| KX-V740 | 1999 | Traveler at Kansai Airport from Thailand |
