title: Salmonella in Victoria, 1997: the story so far.
abstract: The Infectious Diseases Unit of the Department of Human Services, Victoria, reported an increased incidence of Salmonella infections in early 1997. To 21 April 1997, 944 notifications had been received, passing the previous year's total of 915. Five outbreaks of five separate serovars have been investigated and traced to their sources. The outbreaks, their sources and the control measures undertaken are described. Further clusters of other Salmonella serovars are being investigated.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Human Services, Fitzroy Victoria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carnie
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McLennan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kelsall
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Harries
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rouch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014739:Victoria / Q000453:epidemiology