title: Case study of the use of pulsed field gel electrophoresis in the detection of a food-borne outbreak.
abstract: In early July 2008, a cluster of six Salmonella Agona was identified in the Republic of Ireland. A dispersed, common source outbreak was suspected. Later in July a further case was identified and the Health Protection Agency in the UK indicated that they had 32 cases of S. Agona since Feb 2008. This chapter discusses how pulsed field gel electrophoresis was used to help confirm an outbreak and to trace the source of the outbreak.
authors: National Salmonella, Shigella & Listeria Reference Laboratory, Medical Microbiology Department, University Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland, niall.delappe@hse.ie.
authors: Niall
authors: N
authors: De Lappe
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Cormican
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012703:Serotyping