One-Step Identification of Five Prominent Chicken Salmonella Serovars and Biotypes.

Chunhong Zhu (1) , Min Yue (1) , Shelley Rankin (1) , François-Xavier Weill (2) , Joachim Frey (3) , Dieter M Schifferli (1)

1 University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
2 CNR-ESS - Centre National de Référence - National Reference Center Escherichia coli, Shigella et Salmonella
3 University of Bern

Based on bacterial genomic data, we developed a one-step multiplex PCR assay to identify Salmonella and simultaneously differentiate the two invasive avian-adapted S. enterica serovar Gallinarum biotypes Gallinarum and Pullorum, and the most frequent, specific, and asymptomatic colonizers of chickens, serovars Enteritidis, Heidelberg, and Kentucky.

Domains: Santé publique et épidémiologie

Chunhong Zhu, Min Yue, Shelley Rankin, François-Xavier Weill, Joachim Frey, et al.. One-Step Identification of Five Prominent Chicken Salmonella Serovars and Biotypes.. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015, 53 (12), pp.3881-3. ⟨10.1128/JCM.01976-15⟩. ⟨pasteur-01419562⟩