Distribution of salmonella serovars in humans, foods, farm animals and environment, companion and wildlife animals in Singapore

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  • Kyaw Thu Aung
  • Wei Ching Khor
  • Sophie Octavia
  • Agnes Ye
  • Justina Leo
  • Pei Pei Chan
  • Georgina Lim
  • Wai Kwan Wong
  • Brian Zi Yan Tan
  • Joergen Schlundt
  • Dalsgaard, Anders
  • Lee Ching Ng
  • Yueh Nuo Lin

We analyzed the epidemiological distribution of Salmonella serovars in humans, foods, animals and the environment as a One-Health step towards identifying risk factors for human salmonellosis. Throughout the 2012–2016 period, Salmonella ser. Enteritidis was consistently the predominating serovar attributing to >20.0% of isolates in humans. Other most common serovars in humans include Salmonella ser. Stanley, Salmonella ser. Weltevreden, Salmonella ser. Typhimurium and Salmonella ser. 4,5,12:b:-(dT+). S. Enteritidis was also the most frequent serovar found among the isolates from chicken/chicken products (28.5%) and eggs/egg products (61.5%) during the same period. In contrast, S. Typhimurium (35.2%) and Salmonella ser. Derby (18.8%) were prevalent in pork/pork products. S. Weltevreden was more frequent in seafood (19.2%) than others (≤3.0%). Most isolates (>80.0%) from farms, companion and wildlife animals belonged to serovars other than S. Enteritidis or S. Typhimurium. Findings demonstrate the significance of a One-Health investigative approach to understand the epidemiology Salmonella for more effective and integrated surveillance systems.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5774
JournalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume17
Issue number16
Pages (from-to)1-13
Number of pages13
ISSN1661-7827
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Research areas

  • Animals, Foods, Humans, One-Health, Salmonella, Serovar distribution

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