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Distribution of virulence markers in clinical and environmental Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 strains isolated in Brazil from 1991 to 2000 Distribuição dos marcadores de virulĂȘncia em cepas clĂnicas e ambientais de Vibrio cholerae nĂŁo O1/nĂŁo O139, isoladas no Brasil no perĂodo de 1991 a 2000
One hundred seventy nine Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 strains from clinical and different environmental sources isolated in Brazil from 1991 to 2000 were serogrouped and screened for the presence of four different virulence factors. The Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to evaluate the genetic relatedness among strains. Fifty-four different serogroups were identified and V. cholerae O26 was the most common (7.8%). PCR analysis for three genes (ctxA, zot, ace) located of the CTX genetic element and one gene (tcpA) located on the VPI pathogenicity island showed that 27 strains harbored one or more of these genes. Eight (4.5%) strains possessed the complete set of CTX element genes and all but one of these belonged to the O26 serogroup suggesting that V. cholerae O26 has the potential to be an epidemic strain. The RAPD profiles revealed a wide variability among strains and no genetic correlation was observed.<br>Cento e setenta e nove amostras de V. cholerae nĂŁo O1/nĂŁo O139, isoladas de casos clĂnicos (139) e de meio ambiente (40), no perĂodo de 1991 a 2000 no Brasil, foram caracterizadas antigenicamente pelo National Institute of Health (JapĂŁo) e investigadas quanto ao seu potencial genĂ©tico de virulĂȘncia, representado pelos genes ctxA, zot, ace e tcpA. As anĂĄlises fenotĂpicas revelaram extraordinĂĄria diversidade antigĂȘnica, com a ocorrĂȘncia de 54 diferentes sorogrupos, com prevalĂȘncia para O26 (7,8%). A tĂ©cnica de PCR, empregada na detecção dos genes localizados no elemento genĂ©tico CTX (ctxA, zot, ace) e na Ilha de Patogenicidade de Vibrio-VPI (tcpA), possibilitou a identificação de 27 cepas contendo qualquer um desses genes. O gene ctxA (codificador da sub-unidade A de CT), sĂł foi evidenciado no sorogrupo O26, sendo tambĂ©m o Ășnico capaz de se apresentar com o cassete de virulĂȘncia de forma intacta. Com base nos resultados obtidos deste estudo preliminar, admite-se a hipĂłtese da potencialidade destas cepas, evoluir para raças epidĂȘmicas