Title
An atlas of common Salmonella serotypes from routinely notified human cases in the Northern Territory of Australia, 2005-2024
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Kirk, Martyn
Colquhoun, Samantha
Glass, Kathryn
Abstract
Salmonella infections cost Australian society an estimated 140 million Australian Dollars (AUD) per year circa 2019. Salmonellosis is caused by , with over 2,500 serotypes of S. enterica identified. Knowledge of the epidemiology of serotypes may facilitate traceback from strains detected in human cases to identify the cause of local and multijurisdictional outbreaks and to implement control measures. We analysed cases of human salmonellosis notified in the Northern Territory (NT), Australia, between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2024. We calculated the incidence of salmonellosis for all locally acquired infections according to the NT location where the infection was most likely acquired. We mapped the geographical distribution of the 25 most frequently notified serotypes to Statistical Areas Level 2. There were 8,706 salmonellosis cases acquired in the NT: Saintpaul (1,047 notifications) was the most frequently notified serotype, followed by Virchow (948 notifications); Typhimurium (822 notifications); Ball (578 notifications); and Lansing (460 notifications). While Typhimurium was ubiquitous in the NT, Saintpaul, Virchow and Hvittingfoss showed distinct geographic patterns. Our atlas makes key epidemiological information about common NT serotypes readily available, which may be useful for developing hypotheses during outbreak investigations; for facilitating traceback of suspected food vehicles; and for implementing control strategies more rapidly.
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Commun Dis Intell (2018). 2026 Jun 16:50. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2026.50.038.
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2026-06-16
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Communicable diseases intelligence (2018)
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