Investigating Salmonella Eko from Various Sources in Nigeria by Whole Genome Sequencing to Identify the Source of Human Infections.

Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon Ibrahim Raufu Mette T Nielsen Birthe S Rosenqvist Lund James A Ameh Abdul G Ambali Gitte Sørensen Simon Le Hello Frank M Aarestrup Rene S Hendriksen

PLoS One

National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, WHO Collaborating Center for Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens and European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

Published: July 2017

Twenty-six Salmonella enterica serovar Eko isolated from various sources in Nigeria were investigated by whole genome sequencing to identify the source of human infections. Diversity among the isolates was observed and camel and cattle were identified as the primary reservoirs and the most likely source of the human infections.

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