Multi-locus sequence typing of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from wild birds in northern England suggests host-adapted strain

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-479

  Hughes, L A ^a   Wigley, P ^a   Bennett, M ^a   Chantrey, J ^a   Williams, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

host adaptation; molecular epidemiology; Salmonella; wild birds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING; PATHOGENS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIRD POPULATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS; GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH DENSITY; HOST ADAPTATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY RATE; NORTHERN ENGLAND; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WILD BIRDS;

SALMONELLA;

BACTERIUM; BIRD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOME; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VIRULENCE; WILD POPULATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; EVOLUTION; HOST; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTI LOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WILDLIFE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 77956633061     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02918.x     Document Type: Article

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