Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica of Chicken Meat and Human Origin Under Surveillance in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT: A total of 73 nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica isolates, 33 from raw chicken meat and 40 from routine clinical specimens, were collected between 2015 and 2017 from eight cities in Sri Lanka for a pilot study of whole-genome sequencing for Salmonella surveillance. The isolates were characterized by conventional serotyping and whole-genome sequencing. The raw sequenced data were assembled and analyzed to predict Salmonella serotypes, determine sequence type (ST) profiles of genome and plasmid, and identify plasmid replicon sequences and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes. The most common serovar isolated from chicken meat was Salmonella enterica serovar Agona of ST13 (n = 16), in contrast to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis of ST11 (n

SUBMITTER: Tay MYF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6653781 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature