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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shaoting Li, Yingshu He, David Ames Mann, Xiangyu Deng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25319-7