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Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis for Salmonella Infection Surveillance, Texas, USA, 2007 |
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| Authors: | Stephen G. Long Herbert L. DuPont Linda Gaul Raouf R. Arafat Beatrice J. Selwyn Joan Rogers Eric Casey |
| Affiliation: | Houston Department of Health and Human Services, Houston, Texas, USA (S.G. Long, R.R. Arafat, J. Rogers);University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (H.L. DuPont, B.J. Selwyn);St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston (H.L. DuPont);Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (H.L. DuPont);Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA (L. Gaul, E. Casey) |
| Abstract: | To identify sources of transmission for area clusters, in 2007 the Houston Department of Health and Human Services conducted an 8-month study of enhanced surveillance of Salmonella infection. Protocol included patient interviews and linking the results of interviews to clusters of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns detected by the local PulseNet laboratory. |
| Keywords: | Salmonella bacteria pulsed-field gel electrophoresis PulseNet surveillance epidemiology Texas enteric infections microbiology dispatch |