Prevalence and characterization of Salmonella spp. in three shellfish-harvesting areas in France
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| Date | 2016-06-06 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Gourmelon Michele 1, Lozach Solen1, Garry Pascal2, Balliere Clémence3, Sauvageot Nicolas3, Le Hello Simon4, Rince Alain3 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : IFREMER, RBE-SG2M-LSEM, Centre Bretagne, ZI de la Pointe du Diable, CS 10070, F-29280 Plouzané, France 2 : IFREMER, RBE-SG2M-LSEM, Centre Atlantique, Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP 21105, F-44311 Nantes, France 3 : Université de Caen, Unité de Recherche Risques Microbiens, Campus 1 Esplanade de la paix, F-14032 Caen, France 4 : Institut Pasteur, Unité de Recherche et d'Expertise des bactéries Pathogènes Entériques, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, F-75015 Paris, France |
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| Meeting | I3S - International Symposium Salmonella and Salmonellosis. 6-7-8 June 2016, Saint-Malo, France | ||||||||
| Abstract | Shellfish farming is an important economic activity in the Brittany and Normandy regions. However, a part of the production sites corresponds to relatively sensitive areas where the presence of faecal microorganisms is a major concern for shellfish and constitutes a possible health risk. Indeed, shellfish bioaccumulates in their tissues pathogenic contaminants present in water and can cause food-borne diseases such as salmonellosis. During a two-year study, we evaluated the presence of faecal indicators, measured the prevalence of Salmonella spp., isolated and characterized Salmonella spp. from three French shellfish-harvesting areas (shellfish and sediment) and their watersheds (from river water samples). | ||||||||
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