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. 2015 Jun;21(6):1045-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid2106.141103.

Salmonella enterica serotype enteritidis in French Polynesia, South Pacific, 2008-2013

Simon Le Hello, Fiona Maillard, Henri-Pierre Mallet, Elise Daudens, Marc Levy, Valérie Roy, Philippe Branaa, Sophie Bertrand, Laetitia Fabre, François-Xavier Weill

Salmonella enterica serotype enteritidis in French Polynesia, South Pacific, 2008-2013

Simon Le Hello et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

Outbreaks of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis infections associated with eggs occurred in French Polynesia during 2008-2013. Molecular analysis of isolates by using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat polymorphisms and multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis was performed. This subtyping made defining the epidemic strain, finding the source, and decontaminating affected poultry flocks possible.

Keywords: CRISPR; French Polynesia; MLVA; Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis; South Pacific; bacteria; laying hen; salmonellae.

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Number of confirmed cases of human infection with Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis per month and distribution of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats types, French Polynesia, 2010–2013. Arrow indicates when infections associated with tuna dish prepared with contaminated eggs occurred; brackets indicate periods of laying hen slaughters. NT, not typed.
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