An epidemic of salmonellosis caused by Salmonella Typhimurium DT160 in wild birds and humans in New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 170-176

  Alley, M R ^a   Connolly, J H ^a   Fenwick, S G ^a,b   Mackereth, G F ^c   Leyland, M J ^a   Rogers, L E ^a   Haycock, M ^a   Nicol, C ^d   Reed, C E M ^e  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c National Center for Disease Investigation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Humans; S. Typhimurium DT160; Salmonellosis; Sparrows; Wild birds; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SPLEEN; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0036773911     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2002.36306     Document Type: Article

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