Comparative Genomic Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Isolates from Passerines Reveals Two Lineages Circulating in Europe, New Zealand, and the United States
Yezhi Fu, Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Edward G. Dudley
Abstract
Typhimurium definitive phage type 160 (DT160) from passerines, which caused decades-long human salmonellosis outbreaks in New Zealand and Australia, formed a sublineage of the US passerine lineage, suggesting that DT160 might have originated from passerines outside Oceania. Our study demonstrates the importance of whole-genome sequencing and genomic analysis of historical microbial collections to modern epidemiologic surveillance.
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Salmonella entericaSerotypeSalmonellaBiologyEnterobacteriaceaeMicrobiologyGeneticsGeneBacteriaEscherichia coliSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyEnterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter ResearchAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria