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.
Stephens
Nicola
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Communicable Diseases Prevention Unit, Department of Health and Human Services, Hobart, Tasmania. nicola.stephens@dhhs.tas.gov.au
Coleman
David
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Shaw
Kathleen
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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