Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections linked to sweetened puffed wheat cereal – United States, 2018
In May of 2018, PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for enteric pathogens, detected a multistate cluster of illnesses caused by an uncommon molecular subtype of Salmonella serovar Mbandaka. A case was defined as an illness in a person infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Mb...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Epidemiology and infection 2022-06, Vol.150, p.e135-e135, Article e135 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In May of 2018, PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for enteric pathogens, detected a multistate cluster of illnesses caused by an uncommon molecular subtype of Salmonella serovar Mbandaka. A case was defined as an illness in a person infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Mbandaka with illness onset on or after 3 March 2018 and before 1 September 2018. One-hundred thirty-six cases from 36 states were identified; 35 hospitalisations and no deaths were reported. Ill people ranged in age from |
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ISSN: | 0950-2688 1469-4409 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S095026882200108X |