title: Comparison of molecular typing methods for the differentiation of Salmonella foodborne pathogens.
abstract: Bacteria belonging to the genus Salmonella are among the leading causes of foodborne disease of bacterial etiology. These bacteria are also widely disseminated throughout the animal kingdom. The ability to identify the food source from which a human pathogen originated would be of great value in reducing the incidence of foodborne disease and the extent of disease outbreaks due to Salmonella. To date, efforts to identify the origin of these pathogens have centered on phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Salmonella isolates. This review focuses molecular or genotypic techniques that are currently being used for typing, and examines their strengths and weaknesses for determining the source of Salmonella foodborne infections.
authors: National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA. foley.steven@mcrf.mfldclin.edu
authors: Steven L
authors: SL
authors: Foley
authors: Shaohua
authors: S
authors: Zhao
authors: Robert D
authors: RD
authors: Walker
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005784:Gene Amplification; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification*; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial