title: Molecular typing of Salmonella spp isolated from food handlers and animals in Nigeria.
abstract: A total of 61 isolates of Salmonella spp (made up of 26 clinical isolates and 20 food handler and 15 animal isolates) were typed by RAPD-PCR for the purpose of screening for epidemiologically related isolates. The RAPD -PCR typing method used comprised six primers namely 787, 797, 784, 1254, RAPD 1 and RAPD 2 but 784 and 1254 did not produce discriminatory patterns and so were dropped. From the 61 strains, RAPD fingerprinting with primers RAPD 1, 2 produced 22 and 24 fingerprint patterns respectively. RAPD fingerprinting with primers 787, 797 produced 17, 11 fingerprinting patterns respectively. Combinations of the two RAPD 1 and 2 primers increased the discrimination of Salmonella strains to 32 patterns rather than the other primers used. Primer 797 was the least discriminatory. This study showed that the RAPD 1 and 2 primers would be useful for epidemiological typing of the Salmonella spp in Nigeria.
authors.forename: Stella I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Muinah A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fowora
authors.forename: Helen A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Goodluck
authors.forename: Francisca O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Nwaokorie
authors.forename: Olusimbo O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Aboaba
authors.forename: Bolanle
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Opere