Recurring outbreaks of Salmonella typhimurium phage type 135 associated with the consumption of products containing raw egg in Tasmania.
Large egg-associated outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium 135 (STm135) that were associated with inadequate food safety practices but also linked to a common poultry farm occurred in Tasmania in 2005. A series of public health interventions were implemented to prevent further occurrences but 2 more egg-associated outbreaks in Tasmania in March 2007 and January 2008 led to a further 66 cases of STm135. This report describes these outbreaks and their links to the common source associated with the outbreaks in 2005.
Communicable Diseases Prevention Unit, Department of Health and Human Services, Hobart, Tasmania. nicola.stephens@dhhs.tas.gov.au
Nicola
N
Stephens
David
D
Coleman
Kathleen
K
Shaw
D000818:Animals; D003296:Cooking; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004531:Eggs / Q000382:microbiology*; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000145:classification*; D013648:Tasmania / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors