Open AccessInvestigation of human infections with Salmonella enterica serovar Java in Scotland and possible association with imported poultry
Author(s) -
D J Brown,
Henry Mather,
Lynda Browning,
John Coia
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.08.02.00399-en
Subject(s) - salmonella enterica , serotype , biology , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , java , veterinary medicine , salmonella , cluster (spacecraft) , highly pathogenic , poultry farming , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , genotype , bacteria , medicine , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , genetics , virus , gene , computer science , programming language , ecology
PFGE analysis of S. Java strains (29 from humans, 30 from poultry meat) showed two major clusters. All isolates from poultry imported from the Netherlands belonged to Cluster A, which also comprised 10 human isolates. Thirty-one of the 37 isolates in this cluster had an identical JavX1 pattern, similar to the X8 profile of a particular S. Java clone predominant in poultry production in several European countries. Cluster B comprised 19 human isolates and two poultry isolates of unknown origin. These results combined with epidemiological data and information on the origins of poultry meat strongly suggested that imported poultry meat is an important source of Java infections in humans in Scotland.