Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004
Dispatch
Salmonella Serovars from Humans and Other Sources in Thailand, 1993–2002
Aroon Bangtrakulnonth*, Srirat Pornreongwong*, Chaiwat Pulsrikarn*, Pathom Sawanpanyalert*, Rene S. Hendriksen†, Danilo M. A. Lo Fo Wong†, and Frank M. Aarestrup†
Table 2
Distribution of the 10 most common serovars from the different reservoirs, Thailanda
| Serovar | Reservoir and no. of isolates (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humans | Frozen chicken | Frozen seafood | Frozen duck | Other food products | Water | |
| Weltevreden | 5,491 (12.5) | — | 265 (26.3) | 320 (12.0) | 457 (6.6) | 143 (14.5) |
| Enteritidis | 5,010 (11.4) | 2,901 (19.9) | 14 (1.4) | — | 309 (4.5) | 22 (2.2) |
| Anatum | 3,263 (7.4) | 423 (2.9) | 20 (2.0) | — | 1,177 (17.0) | 113 (11.5) |
| Derby | 2,889 (6.6) | — | 20 (2.0) | — | 370 (5.3) | 71 (7.2) |
| 1, 4, 5, 12:i:-ssp.I | 2,804 (6.4) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhimurium | 2,322 (5.3) | — | 12 (1.2) | — | 198 (2.9) | — |
| Rissen | 2,319 (5.3) | — | 21 (2.1) | — | 712 (10.3) | 93 (9.5) |
| Stanley | 1,688 (3.8) | — | 20 (2.0) | 279 (10.4) | — | — |
| Panama | 1,474 (3.3) | — | — | 41 (1.5) | 254 (3.7) | 47 (4.8) |
| Agona | 1,096 (2.7) | 452 (3.1) | — | 80 (3.0) | 273 (3.9) | 39 (4.0) |
| Paratyphi B var Java | — | 1037 (7.1) | — | — | — | — |
| Hadar | — | 1,357 (9.3) | 21 (2.1) | 263 (9.9) | 439 (6.3) | — |
| Virchow | — | 863 (5.9) | — | — | 249 (3.6) | 27 (2.7) |
| Schwarzengrund | — | 565 (3.9) | — | — | — | — |
| Emek | — | 359 (2.5) | — | — | — | — |
| Blockley | — | 676 (4.6) | — | — | — | — |
| Amsterdam | — | 368 (2.5) | — | 103 (3.9) | — | — |
| Seftenberg | — | — | 49 (4.9) | 86 (3.2) | — | — |
| Lexington | — | — | 47 (4.7) | — | — | 35 (3.6) |
| Newport | — | — | — | 100 (3.7) | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — | 77 (2.9) | — | — |
| Chester | — | — | — | 171 (6.4) | — | — |
| London | — | — | — | — | — | 22 (2.2) |
| Other | 15,824 (35.9) | 5,558 (38.2) | 518 (51.4) | 1,150 (43.1) | 2,490 (35.9) | 372 (37.8) |
| Total | 44,087 | 14,559 | 1,007 | 2,670 | 6,928 | 984 |
a—, not among the top 10 serovars.
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