Application of phage typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to analyse Salmonella enterica isolates from a suspected outbreak in Lagos, Nigeria | Zendy

Kabiru Olusegun Akinyemi | Zendy; Werner Philipp | Zendy; Wolfgang Beyer | Zendy; Reinhard Böhm | Zendy

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Application of phage typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to analyse Salmonella enterica isolates from a suspected outbreak in Lagos, Nigeria

Author(s) -

Kabiru Olusegun Akinyemi,

Werner Philipp,

Wolfgang Beyer,

Reinhard Böhm

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.744

Subject(s) - pulsed field gel electrophoresis , salmonella , phage typing , microbiology and biotechnology , serotype , typing , salmonella enterica , outbreak , biology , salmonella enteritidis , virology , bacteria , genotype , genetics , gene

Inadequate potable water supply and poor sanitation predispose to food- and water-borne diseases associated with Salmonella enterica serovars in developing countries. In this study the possible source of an unprecedented upsurge of Salmonella-associated community gastroenteritis was traced using both phage-typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE).

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