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Prolonged incubation period of salmonellosis in an outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infection.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 1999
Nagai K, Mori T, Tsuda S, Izumiya H, Terajima J, Watanabe H
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An outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infections occurred in Otaru, Japan, in September 1997. A total of 143 cases of salmonellosis were reported to the local Public Health Center. In this outbreak, one case had a 214-hr incubation period. We investigated 5 isolates including this case by phage typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to determine the genetic heterogeneity of S. enteritidis. Five...
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