title: An outbreak of a possibly new Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar with the antigenic formula 11:z41:e,n,z15, Greece, March to May 2016: preliminary results.
abstract: Eleven Salmonella spp. isolates with the antigenic type 11:z41:e,n,z15 - not referred to in the 9th edition of the White-Kauffman-Le Minor Scheme - were identified at the National Reference Laboratory for Salmonella in Greece. Their pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles were indistinguishable. No apparent epidemiological link has yet been identified; the results of a case-case study are pending.
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Salmonella and Shigella, National School of Public Health & Central Public Health Laboratory, Hellenic Centre of Disease Control and Prevention, Vari, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mandilara
authors.forename: Kassiani
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mellou
authors.forename: Kleon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karadimas
authors.forename: Leonidas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Georgalis
authors.forename: Michalis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polemis
authors.forename: Theano
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Georgakopoulou
authors.forename: Alkiviades
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vatopoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial
keywords: Greece; Salmonella; bacterial infections; epidemiology; food-borne infections; laboratory; molecular methods; outbreaks; salmonellosis; typing