title: High occurrence and unusual serotype diversity of non-typhoidal Salmonella in non-clinical niches, Angola.
abstract: Non-typhoidal Salmonella is an important burden, particularly in developing countries of the African region. We report for the first time in Angola, a sub-Saharan African country with commercial/travel relationships with Europe, an unexpectedly high occurrence of Salmonella (n = 12/63, 19%) from a high diversity of sources, particularly farm and wild animals. The detection of diverse serotypes (n = 12), involving putative new S. enterica subsp. salamae serotypes, is also of note, reinforcing the need for a comprehensive surveillance in Angola critical to identify animal/food/environmental sources of salmonellosis with impact on animal health, local people, tourists and exported products.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação,Universidade do Porto,Porto,Portugal.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.affiliation: UCIBIO/REQUIMTE.Departamento de Ciências Biológicas.Laboratório de Microbiologia,Faculdade de Farmácia,Universidade do Porto,Porto,Portugal.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.affiliation: UCIBIO/REQUIMTE.Departamento de Ciências Biológicas.Laboratório de Microbiologia,Faculdade de Farmácia,Universidade do Porto,Porto,Portugal.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mourão
authors.affiliation: UCIBIO/REQUIMTE.Departamento de Ciências Biológicas.Laboratório de Microbiologia,Faculdade de Farmácia,Universidade do Porto,Porto,Portugal.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: UCIBIO/REQUIMTE.Departamento de Ciências Biológicas.Laboratório de Microbiologia,Faculdade de Farmácia,Universidade do Porto,Porto,Portugal.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Novais
authors.affiliation: UCIBIO/REQUIMTE.Departamento de Ciências Biológicas.Laboratório de Microbiologia,Faculdade de Farmácia,Universidade do Porto,Porto,Portugal.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peixe
mesh_terms: D000810:Angola / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D065288:Serogroup
keywords:  Salmonella enterica subsp;  salamae serotypes; Africa; Angola; non-clinical sources; non-typhoidal Salmonella 