Subtyping of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium outbreak strains isolated from humans and animals in Iceland.
A total of 75 Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains of various (mainly human and animal) origins were typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and phage typing. These strains were collected during an outbreak in Iceland in 1999 and 2000. The typing revealed that 84% of the strains belonged to the same PFGE and phage type (PT), namely, PFGE type 1Aa and PT 1.
Gudmundsdottir
Sigrun
S
Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories, Reykjavik, Iceland. sigrun@rf.is
Hardardottir
Hjordis
H
Gunnarsson
Eggert
E
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004285:Dogs; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification