Vibriosis

important Vibrio species

• Vibrio cholerae

• Vibrio vulnificus

• Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Vibrio characteristics

• gram-negative

• rod-shaped

• facultative anaerobic

• with polar flagella

Family of Vibrio

Vibrionaceae

list of Vibrio species

Vibrio species in:

• fish

• free-living

• crustaceans

• algae

table of Vibrio species

• source of infection (seafood, sea water, fresh water)

• route of infection (oral, wound exposure)

epidemiology of Vibriosis

• around 3.5 million infections per year with cholera

• 30,808 new cholera cases (as of 3/31/24)

• around 100 thousand deaths (as of 3/31/24)

• occurs worldwide