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Multiple genetic typing of Salmonella Enteritidis phage-types 4, 6, 7, 8 and 13a isolates from animals and humans in the UK.
Veterinary microbiology - 3 Jun 2004
Liebana Ernesto, Clouting Carol, Garcia-Migura Lourdes, Clifton-Hadley Felicity A, Lindsay Elizabeth, Threlfall E John, Davies Rob H
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Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is a common cause of salmonellosis in people in the UK. This study aimed to assess the degree of genetic diversity among animal and human isolates from UK, Wales and northern Ireland. A total of 250 isolates from humans (n = 59) and animals or their environment (n = 191), belonging to the most common phage-types, were fingerprinted by a combination of PFGE, PS ribotyping...
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