A novel Salmonella serovar isolated from Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) nestlings in Sweden: Salmonella enterica enterica serovar Pajala (Salmonella Pajala)

A novel Salmonella serovar was isolated from Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) nestlings in northern Sweden in 2006. Three isolates of the same clone was retrieved from three falcon siblings and characterized as Salmonella enterica sub-species enterica: O-phase 13, 23:-: e, n, z 15 and the H-phase...

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Published in:Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
Main Authors: Jorge Hernández, Peter Lindberg, Jonas Waldenström, Mirva Drobni, Björn Olsen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012
Subjects:
Salmonella
epidemiology
ecology
peregrine falcon
novel serovar
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Pajala
Falco peregrinus
Northern Sweden
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3402/iee.v2i0.7373
https://doaj.org/article/622f7305bfcf421d9de90e7523941de5
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Summary:A novel Salmonella serovar was isolated from Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) nestlings in northern Sweden in 2006. Three isolates of the same clone was retrieved from three falcon siblings and characterized as Salmonella enterica sub-species enterica: O-phase 13, 23:-: e, n, z 15 and the H-phase was not present. We propose the geographical name Salmonella enterica, sub-species enterica serovar Pajala to this novel Salmonella.

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