Application of prophage sequence analysis to investigate a disease outbreak involving Salmonella Adjame, a rare serovar and implications for the population structure.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Outbreak investigation of foodborne salmonellosis is hindered when the food source is contaminated by multiple strains of Salmonella, creating difficulties matching an incriminated organism recovered from patients with the specific strain in the suspect food. An outbreak of the rare Salmonella Adjame was caused by multiple strains of the organism as revealed by single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variation. The use of highly discriminatory prophage analysis to characterize strains of Salmonella should enable a more precise strain characterization and aid the investigation of foodborne salmonellosis.

Methods

We have carried out genomic analysis of S. Adjame strains recovered during the course of a recent outbreak and compared them wit

SUBMITTER: Gao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10020630 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature