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Prevalence and diversity of Salmonella enterica in water, fish and lettuce in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

2015; BioMed Central; Volume: 15; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s12866-015-0484-7

ISSN

1471-2180

Autores

Oumar Traoré, Outi Nyholm, Anja Siitonen, Isidore Juste O. Bonkoungou, Alfred S. Traoré, Nicolas Barro, Kaisa Haukka,

Tópico(s)

Fecal contamination and water quality

Resumo

This study investigated the prevalence, serotypes and antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of Salmonella enterica in environment in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. A total of 476 samples, consisting of 36 samples of tap water, 51 samples of well water, 87 samples of channel water, 44 samples of reservoir water, 238 samples of fish, and 20 samples of lettuce were examined using standard bacteriological procedures for Salmonella.

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