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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 79(6), 2008, pp. 918-920
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Detection of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium DT104 in Mozambique

Joaquim Ruiz*, Silvia Herrera-Leon, Inacio Mandomando, Eusebio Macete, Laura Puyol, Aurora Echeita, AND Pedro L. Alonso
Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona, Hospital Clinic/Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigacíon Biomedica en Red Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Spain; Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain; Centro de Investigação em Saúde da Manhiça, Manhiça, Mozambique; Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique; Direcçao Nacional de Saude, Maputo, Mozambique

 

ABSTRACT

The spread of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium definitive phage type DT104 in sub-Saharan Africa is a public health concern. We obtained two isolates of S. typhimurium DT104 from blood cultures of infants with malaria in Mozambique. Both isolates contained Salmonella genomic island 1A and had the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis PulseNet pattern (STYMXB.0005). Results showed the need for continuous surveillance of Salmonella spp. serotypes circulating in this area.

Received March 11, 2008. Accepted for publication July 7, 2008.

Acknowledgments: We thank Mariano Sitaube and Ana Aladueña for support in isolating strains and phage typing and Carolyn Daher and Tamara Berthoud for suggestions and help in editing the text. Financial support: Joaquim Ruiz was supported by grants CP05/0130 and PI06/0204 from Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias, Government of Spain.

* Address correspondence to Joaquim Ruiz, Laboratori 311 (Laboratori de Malaria), Laboratoris Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Facultat de Medicina, C/Casanovas 143, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: joruiz{at}clinic.ub.es

Authors’ addresses: Joaquim Ruiz and Laura Puyol, Laboratori 311 (Laboratori de Malaria), Laboratoris Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Facultat de Medicina, C/Casanovas 143, 08036 Barcelona, Spain, Tel: 34-93-227-5400 ext. 3388, Fax: 34-93-227-9853, E-mails: joruiz{at}clinic.ub.es and lpuyol{at}clinic.ub.es. Silvia Herrera-Leon and Aurora Echeita, Laboratorio de Referencia de Salmonella y Shigella, Centro Nacional de Microbiologa, Instituto de í Salud Carlos III, Carretera de Majadahonda a Pozuelo Km 2.2, 28220 Majadahonda, Madrid, E-mails: sherrera{at}isciii.es and aecheita{at}isciii.es. Inacio Mandomando and Eusebio Macete, Centro de Investigaçao em Saude do Manhiça, Manhiça Sede, Rua 12, Maputo, Mozambique, E-mails: inacio.mandomando{at}manhica.net and eusebio.macete{at}manhica.net. Pedro L. Alonso, Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional, C/Villarroel 132, 4°, 2ª. 08036-Barcelona, Spain, Tel: 34-93-227-5400 ext. 2982, Fax: 34-93-227-9853, E-mail: palonso{at}clinic.ub.es.




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