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A comparative study of strains of salmonella isolated from irrigation waters, vegetables and human infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

B. Garcia-Villanova Ruiz ,
A. Cueto Espinar  and
M. J. Bolaños Carmona
B. Garcia-Villanova Ruiz
Affiliation:
Department of Food Science, Toxicology and Applied Chemical Analysis, Facility of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Spain
A. Cueto Espinar
Affiliation:
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Spain
M. J. Bolaños Carmona
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Spain
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A total of 181 samples of irrigation water from the farmlands of Granada were examined for the presence of Salmonellaspp. At the same time 849 samples of the crops from these farmlands and of vegetables sold in city market-places were studied. Sampling was done regularly over the period of study which ran from March 1981 to February 1983. Isolates from these sources were compared with 93 salmonellas isolated from human pathological material at various hospitals of the city of Granada from 1979–80, and again from 1981–3.

The most commonly isolated serotypes of human origin were S. typhimurium and S. enteritidis. In irrigation waters and in crops, S. typhimurium, S. kapemba, S. london and S. blockley were found to be the most common. The results indicate a close relationship between the isolates from the irrigation waters and those from the vegetables, but their relationship to prevalent human infections is less clear.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 98 , Issue 3 , June 1987 , pp. 271 - 276
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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