Prevalence and Genomic Characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from a Vast Amount of Aquatic Products in Huzhou, China

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is the leading bacterial cause of gastroenteritis associated with aquatic food consumption globally. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of V. parahaemolyticus in aquatic foods from Huzhou and to identify the serotypes, antimi- crobial resistance, virulence factors, and genetic relatedness of the strains. A total of 306 isolates were detected from 1314 aquatic food samples from 2022 to 2024. The re- sults indicated that the most prevalent serotypes were O1:KUT...