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Chapter 1<br />

most common serovar submitted to the NSSLRL, however there has been a<br />

switch in dominance and for the past four years and S. Enteritidis has been<br />

replaced by S. Typhimurium as the most dominant serovar. In most<br />

European countries S. Enteritidis remains the dominant serovar [39]. There<br />

has also been increasing number <strong>of</strong> the monophasic variant <strong>of</strong> S.<br />

Typhimurium which is further discussed in section 1.9.2 <strong>of</strong> this chapter [38].<br />

Interestingly, while the incidence <strong>of</strong> predominant serovars such as S.<br />

Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium has began to decline in recent years, there<br />

has been a slight increase in the global reports <strong>of</strong> other serovars including S.<br />

Agona [40]. Through the use <strong>of</strong> the World Health Organization Global<br />

Foodborne Infections Network, Hendriksen et al. found that the number <strong>of</strong><br />

cases <strong>of</strong> S. Agona were increasing while the predominant serovars S.<br />

Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium were decreasing between 2001 and 2007<br />

[40]. The percentage <strong>of</strong> S. Enteritidis reported fell from 44.2% <strong>of</strong> reported<br />

cases to 41.5% (p

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