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Outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 197 of multiple genotypes linked to an egg producer.
Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report - 1 Dec 2009
Slinko Vicki G, McCall Bradley J, Stafford Russell J, Bell Robert J, Hiley Lester A, Sandberg Sofie M, White Sue A, Bell Kerry M
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This paper describes outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 197 (STm197) linked to eggs from the farm of a single egg producer. Epidemiological and microbiological investigations (genotyping by multiple locus variable number tandem repeats analysis [MLVA]) identified outbreaks of STm197 with the same or closely-related MLVA profiles in a series of restaurants across Brisbane over 2 months. Environmental...
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