Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for Salmonella infection surveillance, Texas, USA, 2007.
To identify sources of transmission for area clusters, in 2007 the Houston Department of Health and Human Services conducted an 8-month study of enhanced surveillance of Salmonella infection. Protocol included patient interviews and linking the results of interviews to clusters of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns detected by the local PulseNet laboratory.
Long
Stephen G
SG
Bureau of Epidemiology, Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Houston, Texas 77054, USA. stephen.long@cityofhouston.net
DuPont
Herbert L
HL
Gaul
Linda
L
Arafat
Raouf R
RR
Selwyn
Beatrice J
BJ
Rogers
Joan
J
Casey
Eric
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors
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