Salmonella Typhimurium outbreaks in the Netherlands in 2008.
A large, countrywide outbreak due to multi-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium phage type DT104 is ongoing in the Netherlands, with 152 cases as of 20 October. Pilot interviews did not suggest any specific source of infection but a hypothesis pointing to pork products has been formulated and a large case-control study is under way. Earlier this year two other oubtreaks due to S. Typhimurium were detected and investigated, the first (DT15A) linked to a particular brand of cream cheese, the other (Dutch phage type ft507) to a local butcher.
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Epidemiology and Surveillance, Netherlands Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. yvonne.doorduyn@rivm.nl
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D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification*