title: Poultry as a possible source of non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica serovars in humans in Bangladesh.
abstract: We investigated Salmonella enterica isolates from human clinical cases of gastroenteritis to determine the distribution of non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars in the human population, and compared them to isolates originating from poultry by serotyping, phage typing, plasmid profiling, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) to evaluate the potential role of poultry in human non-typhoidal salmonellosis in Bangladesh. Nine different serovars were identified among the human isolates of which Salmonella Paratyphi B var Java (S. Java), S. Kentucky, S. Enteritidis, S. Virchow and S. Weltevreden also were commonly isolated from poultry. The poultry isolates belonging to S. Java, S. Kentucky and S. Enteritidis were indistinguishable from human isolates or genetically closely related, based on PFGE profiles and MLST. S. Kentucky clone ST198 and S. Java clone ST43 both well-known cause of human infections were also isolated from poultry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Stigbøjlen 4, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Zakir Hossain Road, Khulshi, Chittagong, 4225, Bangladesh. Electronic address: himel.barua@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Himel
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barua
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Zakir Hossain Road, Khulshi, Chittagong, 4225, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Paritosh Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.affiliation: Enteric and Food Microbiology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Kaisar Ali
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Talukder
authors.affiliation: The National Reference Laboratory for Enteropathogenic Bacteria, Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, 5 Artillerivej, DK-2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark.
authors.forename: Katharina E P
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Stigbøjlen 4, 1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jens Peter
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000635:transmission*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012703:Serotyping; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*
keywords: Human; Non-typhoidal Salmonella; Poultry