Salmonella identified in pigs in Kenya and Malawi reveals the potential for zoonotic transmission in emerging pork markets

Catherine N. Wilson; Caisey V. Pulford; James Akoko; Blanca Perez Sepulveda; Alexander V. Predeus; Jessica Bevington; Patricia Duncan; Neil Hall; Paul Wigley; Nicholas Feasey; Gina Pinchbeck; Jay C. D. Hinton; Melita A. Gordon; Eric M. Fèvre

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008796

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Salmonella identified in pigs in Kenya and Malawi reveals the potential for zoonotic transmission in emerging pork markets

Catherine N. Wilson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine N. Wilson, Caisey V. Pulford

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: c.n.wilson@liverpool.ac.uk (CW); eric.fevre@liverpool.ac.uk (EF)

Affiliations Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7150-3081

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Caisey V. Pulford ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine N. Wilson, Caisey V. Pulford

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2500-9119

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James Akoko,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya
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Blanca Perez Sepulveda,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-4010

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Alexander V. Predeus,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2750-1599

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Jessica Bevington,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8434-1368

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Patricia Duncan,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, Irrigation and Water Development, Malawi Government
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Neil Hall,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Earlham Institute, Norwich, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2808-0009

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Paul Wigley,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Nicholas Feasey,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Gina Pinchbeck,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Jay C. D. Hinton,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2671-6026

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Melita A. Gordon,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0629-0884

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Eric M. Fèvre

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: c.n.wilson@liverpool.ac.uk (CW); eric.fevre@liverpool.ac.uk (EF)

Affiliations Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8931-4986

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Salmonella identified in pigs in Kenya and Malawi reveals the potential for zoonotic transmission in emerging pork markets

Catherine N. Wilson,
Caisey V. Pulford,
James Akoko,
Blanca Perez Sepulveda,
Alexander V. Predeus,
Jessica Bevington,
Patricia Duncan,
Neil Hall,
Paul Wigley,
Nicholas Feasey

Published: November 24, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008796

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