Salmonella enteritidis in Antarctica: zoonosis in man or humanosis in penguins?

• Published in: The Lancet
• Main Authors: Olsen, B., Bergstrom, S., McCafferty, D., Sellin, M., Wistrom, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Lancet Publishing Group 1996
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Bird Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctica; Gentoo penguin; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/49028/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)65807-2

Salmonella enteritidis has emerged as one of the most prevalent salmonella serotypes world-wide. Birds are the main reservoir of this pathogen and human beings are most commonly infected after eating contaminated eggs or egg products from domestic hens.1 In the Austral summer 1995–96 we sampled faec...