TY - JOUR AU - Gonzalez-Escalona, Narjol AU - Gavilan, Ronnie AU - Toro, Magaly AU - Zamudio, Maria AU - Martinez-Urtaza, Jaime T1 - Outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Sequence Type 120, Peru, 2009 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 7 SP - 1235 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 2009, an outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus occurred in Piura, Cajamarca, Lambayeque, and Lima, Peru. Whole-genome sequencing of clinical and environmental samples from the outbreak revealed a new V. parahaemolyticus clone. All the isolates identified belonged to a single clonal complex described exclusively in Asia before its emergence in Peru. KW - Vibrio parahaemolyticus KW - whole genome MLST KW - multilocus sequence typing KW - next generation sequencing KW - sequence type KW - Peru KW - outbreak KW - bacterium KW - bacterial infection KW - whole-genome MLST KW - clonal complex KW - next-generation sequencing KW - El NiƱo KW - bacteria KW - Food Safety DO - 10.3201/eid2207.151896 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/7/15-1896_article ER - End of Reference