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

• 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

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.