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Background: Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Indiana (antigenic formula 1formula 1,4,12:z:1,7) is a serovar of the O:4 (B) serogroup. Serovar Indiana was first isolated from a 9-month-old child in 1955 in Indiana, US. Infection of this serovar can result in abortion in ewes. In recent years, serovar Indiana has emerged and expanded rapidly in China, frequently identified in patients experiencing diarrhea.
NCBI PD link for serovar Indiana: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pathogens/isolates/#(taxgroup_name:%22Salmonella%20enterica%22)%20AND%20computed_types:(%22serotype=Indiana%22)
Genetic characteristics: Serovar Indiana has been found to be polyphyletic with one lineage identified and one stand-alone singleton that does not cluster with any other Salmonella Indiana isolates. Luque et al. analyzed 17 Indiana strains isolated from the ewes and wild birds and revealed that 11 (64.7%) were resistant to nalidixic acid (R-Nx), while 6 (35.3%) were sensitive (S-Nx). Indiana is a common serotype Sequencing of the gyrA gene identified specific mutations in the R-Nx strains: a substitution of glycine to cysteine at position 81 (Gly81→Cys) was found in 10 strains isolated from wild birds and ovine fetuses, and a substitution of aspartic acid to tyrosine at position 87 (Asp87→Tyr) was identified in one strain isolated from ewe feces. Serovar Indiana was commonly found in raw chicken from the Henan province in China, which have been reported to be resistant to to ciprofloxacin, with frequent co-resistance to cefotaxime. A Chinese study indicated that serovar Indiana ST17 is an emerging multidrug-resistant (MDR) superclone found in chickens. ST17 carries a novel cluster of resistance genes, including blaCTX-M, blaOXA-1-like, and/or blaTEM-1-like. Zhang et al. found that ST17 isolates were distributed into four clades (I, II, III and IV), which was likely linked to international clonal dissemination. Hu et al. investigated a total of 224 CIP-CTX co-resistant Indiana isolates collected from retail chicken samples in China and found the most prevalent amino acid substitutions observed were in GyrA (S83F and D87N/G) and ParC (T57S and S80R). Additionally, the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes oqxA, oqxB, and aac(6′)-Ib-cr were frequently identified as key contributors to quinolone resistance.
Animal reservoir: The most common reservoir for serovar Derby Indiana is retail chickenschicken, but it has was also been found in raw milk cheese, turkeys, ducks cattle, turkey, duck, sheep and swine.
Geographical distribution: S. Derby is found in the US, Europe and Serovar Indiana has been reported worldwide and has extremely expanded in China.
Human outbreaks: Outbreaks: Outbreaks linked to S. Derby have been reported. Some are linked to live poultry while others are linked to food.
| Year | Location | Associated food | Number of cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US: multistate | Backyard poultry1 | 470 |
| 2015 | US: multistate | Backyard poultry | 68 |
| 1986 | UK | Not identified | 5 infants + 7 adults |
| 1981 | Netherlands |
| Salad base | Estimated 600-700 |
| 1967 | US |
| : PA |
| Unpasteurized cup cheese |
Relevant links and references:
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1 Multiple serovars, including Salmonella Altona, Cerro, Enteritidis, Indiana, Infantis, Johannesburg, Mbandanka, and Typhimurium, were linked to this outbreak. The case number represents the total number of cases associated with the outbreak and does not specifically indicate the number of people infected by Salmonella Indiana.
Border rejections:
Year | Exporting country | Importing country | Associated source | Product category |
| 2021 | Poland | Italy | Carne di taccino congelata- frozen turkey meat1 | Meat and meat products (other than poultry) |
1 Serovar Indiana were found in 1 out of 5 samples /25g.
Recalls: There have been no recent recalls linked to this serovar.
Relevant links:
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0144532
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221242922401678X
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956713517300324
- https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1547190/full
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9430114/
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9493365/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378113508003489#bib17
- https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/outbreaks/backyardpoultry-05-24/investigation.html
- https://archive.cdc.gov/#/details?url=https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/live-poultry-07-15/index.html
- https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/9/4/365/1561367
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0168160585900388
- https://pmchttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26650239/articles/PMC1920039/pdf/pubhealthreporig00030-0085.pdf
- https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/screen/notification/514757