Salmonella serovars in food poisoning episodes recorded in Brazil from 1982 to 1991 Sorovares de Salmonella em episódios de toxinfecção alimentar ocorridos no período de 1982 - 1991, no Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Ernesto Hofer, Eliane Moura Falavina dos Reis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1994
• Subjects: Salmonella; Serovars; Food poisoning; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sudeste
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000100002; https://doaj.org/article/736269bd42294790b09ba28a34ef1b14

The Salmonella serovars involved in 25 food poisoning episodes which occurred in the Southeast and South of Brazil from 1982 to 1991 were identified. The most frequently detected serotype was S. Typhimurium (13/25, 52%), and the food most frequently involved in the transmission of Salmonella was hom...