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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Colombe, Soledad
• Jernberg, Cecilia
• Löf, Emma
• Angervall, Anna Lindqvist
• Mellström-Dahlgren, Henrik
• Dotevall, Leif
• Bengnér, Malin
• Hall, Ingela
• Sundqvist, Lena
• Kühlmann-Berenzon, Sharon
• Galanis, Ilias
• Lindblad, Mats
• Hansen, Anette
• Rehn, Moa

Titel

Outbreak of unusual H 2 S-negative monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium strain likely associated with small tomatoes, Sweden, August to October 2019

Ist Teil von

• Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles, 2019-11, Vol.24 (47)

Ort / Verlag

Sweden

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Sweden is investigating an outbreak of monophasic Typhimurium. Eighty-two nationally-distributed cases have been confirmed, with date of symptom onset between 28 August and 29 October. Cases were 51 years of age on average (range: 0-89) and the majority of cases were female (62%). A case-control study was conducted and suggested small tomatoes as source of the outbreak (adjusted odds ratio (OR): 10.8, 95% confidence interval (CI): 4.15-112.68, p value < 0.001), and a trace-back investigation led to a single, non-Swedish producer in Europe. Both the strain and the source of the outbreak are rarely encountered in Europe. Results from investigation at the producer are pending.