Background: Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Albany (antigenic formula 8,20:z4,z24:-) is a serovar of the O:8 (C2-C3) serogroup. 

NCBI PD cannot differentiate between serovar Albany and serovar Duesseldorf; additional genetic markers are required for in silico serotyping of serovar Albany. The link is still provided: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pathogens/isolates/#(taxgroup_name:%22Salmonella%20enterica%22)%20AND%20computed_types:(%22serotype=Albany%20or%20Duesseldorf%22)

Genetic characteristics: Serovar Albany has been found to be polyphyletic with two lineages identified. Ali et al. studied a total of 434 serovar Albany isolates and found a high proportion of Albany isolates demonstrated resistance to nalidixic acid (99.3%), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (97.9%), ampicillin (86.6%), chloramphenicol (86.6%), and tetracycline (85.7%). Additionally, all isolates resistant to cefoxitin carried the CMY-2-type β-lactamase and was classified into seven unique pulsotypes, with the majority being types IV-b (43.75%) and IV-a (25%). In a Taiwanese study, among turkey isolates they included, 75.3% of Albany isolates (64/85) exhibited resistance to 6 or more antimicrobials. Another Taiwanese study stated that Albany strains carrying ICE_erm42 exhibited high-level resistance to azithromycin, and the element was capable of transferring to phylogenetically distant species, such as Vibrio cholerae, through conjugation.

Animal reservoir: Serovar Albany was mainly found in chicken but was also present in turkey, ducks, pigs, cattle, and captive zoo wild animals. 

Geographical distribution: Serovar Albany has been found in the US, Mexico, Europe, and Asian such as South Korea, Taiwan.

Human outbreaks: There have been no recent human outbreaks linked to this serovar.

Border Rejections:

Year

Exporting country

Importing country

Associated source

Product category

2022

Nigeria

Germany

Sesame seeds1

Nuts, nut products and seeds

2022

Brazil

Germany

Black pepper2 

Herbs and spices

2021

Brazil

Germany

Black pepper3

Herbs and spices

1 Both serovar Albany and serovar Weybridge were found. 

2 Both serovar Albany and serovar Infantis were found. 

3 Multiple serovars were isolated including Salmonella Albany, Gaminara, Poona, Braenderup and Madelia. 

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

Relevant links:

  1. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1547190/full
  2. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/fpd.2023.0034
  3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119306182
  4. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23361445?seq=1
  5. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aac.02634-20
  6. https://atlas.ecdc.europa.eu/public/index.aspx
  7. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/screen/notification/568767
  8. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/screen/notification/524670
  9. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/screen/notification/513985
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