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Retail wet markets, food handlers, and hospitalised patients as nodes in a shared non-typhoidal Salmonella ecosystem: a one health molecular epidemiological pilot study in Wuhan, China.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Sept 2026
Tang Feng, Chen Zhi, Deng Shiyong, Wang Xiaomei, Gong Xuyang, Li Ran, Xi Lei, Li Changzhen, Wang Baoxiang, Luo Wanjun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a leading foodborne pathogen in China, yet the transmission dynamics linking retail wet markets, food handlers, and hospitalised patients remain poorly characterised. Using a One Health framework, we investigated whether genotypically related Salmonella populations circulate across these three source categories in Wuhan. METHODS: Thirty-two non-duplicate Salmonella...
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- Humans
- China
- Salmonella
- Pilot Projects
- Molecular Epidemiology
