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: Hernández, Jorge, Lindberg, Peter, Waldenström, Jonas, Drobni, Mirva, Olsen, Björn
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Co-Action Publishing 2012
Subjects:
Short Communication
Pajala
Falco peregrinus
Northern Sweden
peregrine falcon
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3432136
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22957136
https://doi.org/10.3402/iee.v2i0.7373
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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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