Persistent endemicity of Salmonella bongori 48:z(35):--in Southern Italy: molecular characterization of human,animal, and environmental isolates |
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| Authors: | Giammanco Giovanni M Pignato Sarina Mammina Caterina Grimont Francine Grimont Patrick A D Nastasi Antonino Giammanco Giuseppe |
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| Institution: | Dipartimento di Igiene e Microbiologia G. D'Alessandro, Università di Palermo, I-90127 Palermo, Italy. gmgiamm@libero.it |
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| Abstract: | From 1984 to 1999, we collected 31 isolates of the rare serovar Salmonella bongori 48:z(35):- in southern Italy. Twenty-four of the isolates were from cases of acute enteritis in humans. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis showed that all but one of our isolates were at least 80% similar. Our findings suggest that genetically related S. bongori 48:z(35):- strains are endemically circulating in southern Italy. |
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