A Global Survey of Hypervirulent Aeromonas hydrophila (vAh) Identified vAh Strains in the Lower Mekong River Basin and Diverse Opportunistic Pathogens from Farmed Fish and Other Environmental Sources
Tingbi Xu, Cody R. Rasmussen-Ivey, Francesco S. Moen, Ana Fernández-Bravo, Brigitte Lamy, Roxana Beaz‐Hidalgo, Chan Dara Khan, Graciela Castro‐Escarpulli, Ina Salwany Md Yasin, María José Figueras, Mohamad Azzam-Sayuti, Muhammad Manjurul Karim, Khorshed Alam, Thao Thu Thi Le, Ngo Huynh Phuong Thao, Samuel Addo, Samuel Duodu, Shahzad Ali, Tooba Latif, Sothea Mey, Somony Thay, Mark R. Liles
Abstract
This global survey of vAh brought together scientists that study fish disease to evaluate the evolution, geographical distribution, phylogeny, and hosts of vAh and other Aeromonas sp. isolates. In addition to vAh isolates from China and the United States, four new vAh isolates were isolated from the lower Mekong River basin in Cambodia and Vietnam, indicating the significant threat of vAh to modern aquaculture and the need for improved biosecurity to prevent vAh spread.