[MARINE_BIOLOGY_INTERNATIONAL] VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS, OYSTERS - USA (04): (WASHINGTON), EXPANDED ALERT

VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS, OYSTERS - USA (04): (WASHINGTON), EXPANDED ALERT
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Date: Mon 26 Sep 2011
Source: Los Angeles Times [edited]
<http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-fda-oyster-warning-20110926,0,2685972.story>

The USA FDA on Monday afternoon, 26 Sep 2011, warned consumers not to eat oysters harvested from Washington State's Hood Canal Area 4 between 30 Aug 2011 and 19 Sep 2011. The oysters are suspected of carrying _Vibrio parahaemolyticus_, and are believed to be the cause of an outbreak of illness in as many as 5 consumers to date.

The oysters that are subject to the warning have been distributed to
23 states and several countries. The states are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Utah, and Washington. They also went out to China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan.

Meanwhile, Area 4 of Hood Canal has been closed to shellfish harvesting.

_Vibrio parahaemolyticus_ belongs to the same family of bacteria as that which causes cholera, and although very rarely fatal, it can cause abdominal cramps and gastrointestinal distress for 1 to 3 days.
The bacterium thrives in coastal salt waters, and under certain conditions of salinity and temperature, will infect seafood harvested from those areas

[Byline: Melissa Healy]

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[The alert regarding oysters potentially containing _V.
parahaemolyticus_ has been expanded as the Canal Area 4 oysters were distributed to 23 states in the USA and 4 Asian countries. ProMED-mail awaits information regarding cases in the states and/or countries where the bivalve molluscs were distributed. - Mod.LL]

[A HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of the US can be seen at <http://healthmap.org/r/1hwV>. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]

[see also:
Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA (03): (WA) alert 20110915.2820 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA (02): (CA) 20110913.2786 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA: (WA) 20110807.2394 2010
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA: (WA) 20100803.2604
2008
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, seafood - Chile 20081223.4041 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA: (MD ex NJ) 20080821.2608
2007
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA (WA): int'l alert
20070813.2637
Vibrio parahaemolyticus, shellfish - Chile: 2005 20070321.0991 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, shellfish - Chile (San Antonio)
20070202.0422
2006
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, shellfish - USA (multistate) (03)
20060821.2347
Vibrio parahaemolyticus, shellfish - USA (multistate) 20060807.2211 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, shellfish - USA (WA, NY) (05) 20060805.2175 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, shellfish - USA (WA, NY) 20060721.1999 Vibrio parahaemolyticus - North America: background 20060717.1963 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - North America: USA (OR, WA), Canada
(BC) 20060716.1956
2005
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, seafood - Chile (Puerto Montt) (03)
20050223.0578
Vibrio parahaemolyticus, seafood - Chile (Puerto Montt) 20050118.0163
2004
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Food poisoning, birthday guests - USA (FL) (02): vibrio parahaemolyticus 20040927.2664 Food poisoning, birthday guests - USA (FL) 20040922.2619 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA (AK) (02) 20040822.2335 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA (AK) 20040803.2113
2002
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, shellfish - USA (NY): alert 20020822.5111 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, O3:K6 - USA, Asia 20020716.4770 2000
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA (Texas) 20000928.1676
1999
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, oysters - USA (multistate) 19990725.1252] .................................................ll/mj /lm
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