Outbreaks of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis infections associated with eggs occurred in French Polynesia during 2008-2013. Molecular analysis of isolates by using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat polymorphisms and multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis was performed. This subtyping made defining the epidemic strain, finding the source, and decontaminating affected poultry flocks possible.
Keywords: CRISPR; French Polynesia; MLVA; Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis; South Pacific; bacteria; laying hen; salmonellae.