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Volume 32, Number 10—October 2026

Research

Genomic Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serovar Hadar Strain Linked to Poultry-Associated Salmonellosis Outbreaks, United States

Lingzi Xiaoli, Taylor Griswold, G. Sean Stapleton, Lee S. Katz, Zachary Ellison, Kaitlin A. Tagg, Hattie E. Webb, Katharine Benedict, and Jessica C. ChenComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L. Xiaoli, T. Griswold, G.S. Stapleton, L.S. Katz, K.A. Tagg, H.E. Webb, K. Benedict, J.C. Chen); ASRT Inc., Smyrna, Georgia, USA (G. Ellison)

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Table 1

Characteristics of isolates from genomic epidemiology study of Salmonella enterica serovar Hadar strain linked to poultry-associated salmonellosis outbreaks, United States*

Outbreak (vehicle) Total no. Clade 1
Clade 2
No. isolates Exposure information and isolate metadata No. isolates Exposure information and isolate metadata
A (BYP) 140 134 54 clinical isolates with BYP exposure 6 4 CP food product isolates
77 clinical isolates with unknown exposure 1 Clinical isolate with CP exposure
1 beef food product isolate 1 Clinical isolate with unknown exposure
1 pork food product isolate



1 CP food product isolate



B (CP) 6 0 6 2 CP food product isolates
1 clinical isolate with CP exposure






3 clinical isolates with unknown exposure
C (BYP) 58 52 17 clinical isolates with BYP exposure 6 1 CP animal isolate
1 CP food product isolate
35 clinical isolates with unknown exposure 1 clinical isolate with CP exposure






3 clinical isolates with unknown exposure
D (BYP) 42 35 9 clinical isolates with BYP exposure 7 1 CP animal isolate
2 CP food product isolates
26 clinical isolates with unknown exposure 2 clinical isolates with CP exposure






2 clinical isolates with unknown exposure
E (BYP and CP) 66 24 6 BYP animal isolates 42 2 CP animal isolates
21 CP food product isolates
5 clinical isolates with BYP exposure 4 clinical isolates with CP exposure
1 clinical isolate with CP exposure 1 clinical isolate with CP and BYP exposure



12 clinical isolates with unknown exposure


14 clinical isolates with unknown exposure
Not outbreak-associated 91 63 53 clinical isolates with unknown exposure 28 1 CP animal isolate
14 CP food product isolates
1 clinical isolate with CP exposure 13 clinical isolates with unknown exposure
8 CP food product isolates



1 animal isolate with unknown exposure



Total 403 308 95

*BYP, backyard poultry; CP, commercial poultry food products.

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