Prospective use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) detected a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 289-298

  Inns, T ^a,b   Ashton, P M ^a   Herrera Leon, S ^c   Lighthill, J ^d   Foulkes, S ^a   Jombart, T ^e   Rehman, Y ^a   Fox, A ^a   Dallman, T ^a,b   De Pinna, E ^a   Browning, L ^f   Coia, J E ^g   Edeghere, O ^a   Vivancos, R ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g Scottish MRSA Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; outbreak; salmonellosis; traceback; whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN EGG; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ADULT; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EGG; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SPAIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992390663     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816001941     Document Type: Article

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