Salmonella Mississippi

Background: Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Mississippi. This serovar was initially identified in 1943 after being isolated from a food handler's stool sample in Mississippi, US. In the US, serovar Mississippi ranked as the 14th most prevalent serovar in human clinical cases in 2016, whereas in Tasmania, it is the second most common, responsible for 37% of all nontyphoidal salmonellosis cases in the state.

NCBI PD link for serovar Mississippi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pathogens/isolates/#(taxgroup_name:%22Salmonella%20enterica%22)%20AND%20computed_types:(%22serotype=Mississippi%22)

Genetic characteristics:

Animal reservoir: Serovar Mississippi. 

Geographical distribution: Cheng et al. found that serovar Mississippi were endemic in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. According to the metadata from NCBI PD, this serovar has been reported in other countries such as Chile and Bermuda. 

Human outbreaks:

Border rejections: There have been no recent border rejections linked to this serovar.

Recalls: There have been no recent recalls linked to this serovar.

Relevant links:

1. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3181/00379727-54-14395
2. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8550085/
3. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aac.02012-17
4. https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/08/fda-reports-new-outbreak-of-salmonella-infections-source-of-pathogen-unknown/

1. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00485-21
2. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6711244/
3. https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.13174