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Salmonella Enteritidis ST183: emerging and endemic biotypes affecting western European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) and people in Great Britain.
Scientific reports - 5 Feb 2018
Lawson Becki, Franklinos Lydia H V, Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez Julia, Wend-Hansen Clare, Nair Satheesh, Macgregor Shaheed K, John Shinto K, Pizzi Romain, Núñez Alejandro, Ashton Philip M, Cunningham Andrew A, M de Pinna Elizabeth
Abstract excerpt
The impacts of hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) Salmonella infection on public health and on animal welfare and conservation are unknown. We isolated Salmonella Enteritidis multi-locus sequence-type (ST)183 from 46/170 (27%) hedgehog carcasses (27 S. Enteritidis phage type (PT)11, 18 of a novel PT66 biotype and one with co-infection of these PTs) and from 6/208 (3%) hedgehog faecal samples (4 PT11, 2 PT66) from...
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