title: A Canadian application of one health: integration of Salmonella data from various Canadian surveillance programs (2005-2010).
abstract: Most bacterial pathogens associated with human enteric illness have zoonotic origins and can be transmitted directly from animals to people or indirectly through food and water. This multitude of potential exposure routes and sources makes the epidemiology of these infectious agents complex. To better understand these illnesses and identify solutions to reduce human disease, an integrative approach like One Health is needed. This article considers the issue of Salmonella in Canada and interprets data collected by several Canadian surveillance and research programs. We describe recovery of Salmonella from various samples collected along the exposure pathway and compare the serovars detected in the different components under surveillance (animal, food, environment, and human). We then present three examples to illustrate how an approach that interprets multiple sources of surveillance data together is able to address issues that transcend multiple departments and jurisdictions. First, differences observed in recovery of Salmonella from different cuts of fresh chicken collected by different programs emphasize the importance of considering the surveillance objectives and how they may influence the information that is generated. Second, the high number of Salmonella Enteritidis cases in Canada is used to illustrate the importance of ongoing, concurrent surveillance of human cases and exposure sources to information domestic control and prevention strategies. Finally, changing patterns in the occurrence of ceftiofur-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg in retail meats and humans demonstrates how integrated surveillance can identify an issue in an exposure source and link it to a trend in human disease. Taken together, surveillance models that encompass different scales can leverage infrastructure, costs, and benefits and generate a multidimensional picture that can better inform disease prevention and control programs.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Jane.Parmley@phac-aspc.gc.ca
authors.forename: Elizabeth Jane
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Parmley
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pintar
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Majowicz
authors.forename: Brent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Avery
authors.forename: Angela
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authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Cassandra
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authors.lastname: Jokinen
authors.forename: Vic
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authors.lastname: Gannon
authors.forename: David R
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authors.lastname: Lapen
authors.forename: Ed
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authors.lastname: Topp
authors.forename: Tom A
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authors.lastname: Edge
authors.forename: Matthew
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authors.lastname: Gilmour
authors.forename: Frank
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authors.lastname: Pollari
authors.forename: Richard
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authors.lastname: Reid-Smith
authors.forename: Rebecca
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authors.lastname: Irwin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002170:Canada; D002417:Cattle; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology; D002645:Chickens; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; C053503:ceftiofur