Emergence of a multidrug-resistant (ASSuTTm) strain of salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium DT120 in England in 2011 and the use of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis in supporting outbreak investigations

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 850-855

  Paranthaman, Karthikeyan ^a   Haroon, Sophie ^a   Latif, Samia ^a   Vinnyey, Natalie ^a   De Souza, Valerie ^a   Welfare, William ^a   Tahir, Mamoona ^a   Cooke, Edward ^b   Stone, Kirsten ^c   Lane, Chris ^a   Peters, Tansy ^a   Puleston, Richard ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Daventry District Council   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ANIMAL; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SUIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884740604     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2013.1513     Document Type: Article

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