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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
Abstract excerpt
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 environ...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacteriophage Typing
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Food Microbiology
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Plasmids
- Ribotyping
- Salmonella Infections
- Salmonella enteritidis
- United Kingdom
