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- Title
Integrated Food Chain Surveillance System for Salmonella spp. in Mexico.
- Authors
Zaidi, Mussaret B.; Calva, Juan Jose; Estrada-Garcia, Maria Teresa; Leon, Veronica; Vazquez, Gabriela; Figueroa, Gloria; Lopez, Estela; Contreras, Jesus; Abbott, Jason; Shaohua Zhao; McDermott, Patrick; Tollefson, Linda
- Abstract
Few developing countries have foodborne pathogen surveillance systems, and none of these integrates data from humans, food, and animals. We describe the implementation of a 4-state, integrated food chain surveillance system (IFCS) for Salmonella spp. in Mexico. Significant findings were 1) high rates of meat contamination (21.3%-36.4%), 2) high rates of ceftriaxone-resistant S. Typhimurium in chicken, ill humans, and swine (77.3%, 66.3%, and 40.4% of S. Typhimurium isolates, respectively), and 3) the emergence of ciprofloxacin resistance in S. Heidelberg (10.4%) and S. Typhimurium (1.7%) from swine. A strong association between Salmonella spp. contamination in beef and asymptomatic Salmonella spp. infection was only observed in the state with the lowest poverty level (Pearson r = 0.91, p<0.001). Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis of 311 S. Typhimurium isolates showed 14 clusters with 102 human, retail meat, and food-animal isolates with indistinguishable patterns. An IFCS is technically and economically feasible in developing countries and can effectively identify major public health priorities.
- Subjects
MEXICO; FOOD chains; SALMONELLA; FOOD pathogens; PULSED-field gel electrophoresis; PUBLIC health; FOOD contamination; CIPROFLOXACIN
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008, Vol 14, Issue 3, p429
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1403.071057