Supplement 1998 (no. 42) to the Kauffmann-White scheme.

This supplement reports the characterization of 14 new Salmonella serovars recognized in 1998 by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Salmonella: 11 were assigned to S. enterica subsp. enterica, one to subspecies salamae, one to subspecies diarizonae, and one to subsp. indica. In addition, the antigenic factor H:z88 is described.