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Characterization of virulence factors in the newly described Salmonella enterica serotype Keurmassar emerging in Senegal (sub-Saharan Africa)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2006

A. GASSAMA-SOW
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Bactériologie Expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Sénégal
A. A. WANE
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Bactériologie Expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Sénégal
N. A. CANU
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Biotechnology, Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro, Sassari, Italy
S. UZZAU
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Biotechnology, Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro, Sassari, Italy
A. AIDARA- KANE
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Bactériologie Expérimentale, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Sénégal
S. RUBINO
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Biotechnology, Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro, Sassari, Italy
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Abstract

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From 2000 to 2001, nine strains of Salmonella enterica belonging to the new serotype Keurmassar have been isolated from human and poultry samples at the Senegalese National Salmonella and Shigella Reference Laboratory at the Pasteur Institute, in Dakar. All strains carried virulence factors including Salmonella Pathogenicity Islands (SPI)-1, -2, -3 and -5 encoded genes. Strains did not harbour virulence plasmid. Ribotyping analysis revealed a single clone identical to Salmonella Decatur isolated in Zimbabwe. These data suggest that strains are closely related, and may have been spread clonally. In this new serotype, insertion sequence IS200 is not present.

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Research Article
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press