Definitions
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- noun A group of
microorganisms characterised by a specific set ofantigens .
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Examples
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Like the things that cause AIDS, Lyme disease, Legionnaire's disease and West Nile fever, the egg-loving germ (whose formal name is Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis) is a classic "emerging infectious agent."
Egg-loving salmonella bacteria have been sickening people for decades 2010
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The NPIP was so successful that the serovar responsible for "fowl typhoid," Salmonella gallinarum, essentially disappeared.
Egg-loving salmonella bacteria have been sickening people for decades 2010
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Salmonella enteritidis is a serovar of Salmonella enterica.
Salmonella enteritidis Emma Lurie 2006
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The illness that appeared in the 1980s was, in fact, caused by one serovar actually, a few strains within that group classified as Serovar 4b.
A cautionary tale Richard 2005
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, accumulate in the gallbladder.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, accumulate in the gallbladder.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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S. enterica serovar 4, [5] ,12: i: - from pigs, pork, and humans over a two-year period in an attempt to better understand its transmission capabilities.
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S.lmonella Enteritidis was the most common serovar in cases of human infection in England and Wales, S.otland and Northern Ireland with S. Typhimurium the second most common in 2007.
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S. enterica serovar Typhimurium, the strain commonly found in chickens.
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, accumulate in the gallbladder.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
hernesheir commented on the word serovar
"Nyet!!" bellowed Mrs. Lisitsyn, when the Good Doctor suggested that the source of the serovar that affected her guests was the faucet of her heirloom samovar.
October 27, 2011