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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2000, p. 4621-4625, Vol. 38, No. 12
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Serovar O3:K6
as Cause of Unusually High Incidence of Food-Borne Disease
Outbreaks in Taiwan from 1996 to 1999
Chien-Shun
Chiou,1,*
Shih-Yuan
Hsu,2
Shiou-Ing
Chiu,3
Tien-Kuei
Wang,3 and
Cheng-Shun
Chao4
The Third Branch Office, Center for Disease
Control, Taichung City 403,1 The Fourth
Branch Office, Center for Disease Control, Kaohsiung City
813,2 The Division of Bacterial
Diseases, Center for Disease Control, Taipei 115,3
and The Sixth Branch Office, Center for Disease Control,
Hualien 970,4 Taiwan
Received 18 May 2000/Returned for modification 5 August
2000/Accepted 13 September 2000
The occurrence of food-borne disease outbreaks in Taiwan increased
dramatically in 1996, and the incidence has since remained elevated.
This increase in outbreaks is correlated with a high rate of isolation
of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which caused
between 61 and 71% of the total outbreaks for the period 1996 to 1999. By serotyping, 40 serovars were identified from 3743 V. parahaemolyticus isolates, of which O3:K6 was the
most frequently detected. The O3:K6 serovar could have emerged in
Taiwan as early as October 1995 and at that time accounted for only
0.6% of the V. parahaemolyticus infections. This level increased suddenly to 50.1% in 1996 and reached
a peak (83.8%) in 1997. Comparison of the outbreak profiles for the
etiology groups indicates that the high incidence of food-borne disease
outbreaks during 1996 to 1999 can be attributed to the extraordinarily
high O3:K6 infections. In 1999, the O3:K6 serovar was still prevalent,
and accounted for 61.3% of all V. parahaemolyticus infections. Due to its
extraordinarily high infection frequency and its capability to spread
globally, this organism needs to be intensively monitored internationally.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: The Third Branch
Office, Center for Disease Control, 4F 103 Minchuan Rd., Taichung City
403, Taiwan. Phone: 886-4-2225196. Fax: 886-4-2221917. E-mail: nipmcsc{at}cdc.gov.tw.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2000, p. 4621-4625, Vol. 38, No. 12
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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