Salmonella gold-coast from outbreaks of food-poisoning in the British Isles can be differentiated by plasmid profiles.
Four distinctive plasmid profile types have been identified in strains of Salmonella gold-coast isolated in Britain. Strains of one type, designated plasmid profile type 4, caused an extensive outbreak of food-poisoning in 1984, and it has been confirmed that the vehicle of infection was imported French pâté.
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014195:Travel; D006113:United Kingdom