Diagnosing the past to predict the future of Salmonella infections

Salmonellapr 
22 Dec 2014 14:44:53.237

Different strains of Salmonella behave in different ways. Understanding how and why four closely related strains evolved to lead a more host adapted invasive life-style is at the heart of new research into the evolution of Salmonella microorganisms.

Paul Barrow, Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, has worked with colleagues in the Sanger Institute at Cambridge for a number of years on the Salmonella strains, S. Gallinarum and S. Pullorum in chickens and S. Dublin in cattle. All three strains cause typhoid-like symptoms in chickens and cattle and they are also closely related to S. Enteritidis — the bug that causes severe food-poisoning in humans.

Professor Barrow said: “Invasive Salmonella infections in humans are rare but can be severe and life-threatening. Shedding light on how human and animal pathogens arose in the past could potentially allow us to predict how emerging pathogens will evolve in the future.

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More information is available from Professor Paul Barrow in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at The University of Nottingham on +44 (0)115 951 4628, paul.barrow@nottingham.ac.uk
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