The Salm-gene project - a European collaboration for DNA fingerprinting for.

Tansy Peters; C. Maguire; E. J. Threlfall; Ian Fisher; N. Gill; A. J. Gatto

doi:10.2807/esm.08.02.00401-en

The Salm-gene project - a European collaboration for DNA fingerprinting for.

Tansy Peters^*, C. Maguire, E. J. Threlfall, Ian Fisher, N. Gill, A. J. Gatto

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An external quality assessment of PFGE method to discriminate between salmonella serotypes and lysotypes was carried out by the Salm-Gene project in Europe. A set of 16 strains of S. Enteritidis was sent to 9 national salmonella reference laboratories. By using a harmonised protocol, the PFGE profiles produced were comparable between each centre. In most cases, there was at least 90% similarity between isolates tested in the different European laboratories and there was usually >95% similarity. This suggests that PFGE analyses are reproducible and therefore can be used as a valuable investigation tool combined with epidemiological data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	46-50
Number of pages	5
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.08.02.00401-en
Publication status	Published - Feb 2003

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