Progression of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 4 strains in São Paulo State, Brazil Disseminação de cepas de Salmonella Enteritidis do fagotipo 4 (PT-4) em São Paulo, Brasil

A total of 574 S. Enteritidis strains (383 from human sources and 191 from non-human sources) isolated between 1975-95, in São Paulo State, Brazil, were phagetyped. Among the strains isolated during the period of 1975-92, 80.9% of them belonged to phage type 8 (PT-8), but in 1993 strains of PT-4 acc...

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Main Authors: K. Irino, S.A. Fernandes, A.T. Tavechio, B.C. Neves, A.M.G. Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1996-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651996000300005