WGS based study of the population structure of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Salmonella Infantis (S. Infantis) is one of the most frequent Salmonella serovars isolated from human cases of salmonellosis and the most detected serovar from animal and food sources in Europe. The serovar is commonly associated with poultry and there is increasing concern over multidrug resistant clones spreading worldwide, as the dominating clones are characterized by presence of large plasmids carrying multiple resistance genes. Increasing the knowledge of the S. Infantis population and evolution is important for understanding and preventing further spread. In this study, we analysed a collection of strains representing different decades, sources and geographic locations. We analysed the population structure and the accessory genome, in particular we identified proph

SUBMITTER: Gymoese P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858691 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature