UGA Researchers Find Origins of Global Spread of Salmonella Enteritidis
University of Georgia (UGA) researchers have found evidence for the origins of the global spread of Salmonella Enteritidis, which has caused multiple outbreaks of the foodborne pandemic and has been linked to poultry products.
Xiangyu Deng of UGA's Center for Food Safety led the research team, and the team analyzed over 30,000 genomes of S. Enteritidis. The team used hypothesis-driven data mining, and the samples were taken from global sources and the international trade of live poultry over five decades. The team's conclusions were that the spread most likely started in poultry breeding stocks, or the progenitors chosen to produce future generations of chickens.