Global spread of Salmonella Enteritidis via centralized sourcing and international trade of poultry breeding stocks

Shaoting Li; Yingshu He; David Ames Mann; Xiangyu Deng

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25319-7

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Global spread of Salmonella Enteritidis via centralized sourcing and international trade of poultry breeding stocks

Shaoting Li,
Yingshu He,
David Ames Mann,
Xiangyu Deng

Affiliations

Shaoting Li: Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia
Yingshu He: Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia
David Ames Mann: Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia
Xiangyu Deng: Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25319-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis is a pathogen of poultry that can cause outbreaks in humans. Here the authors use genomic and trade data to investigate a pandemic in the 1980s, finding evidence that international trade of breeding stocks led to global spread of the pathogen.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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