title: Usefulness of the European Epidemic Intelligence Information System in the management of an outbreak of listeriosis, Belgium, 2011.
abstract: A cluster of time-linked cases and the identification of a clonal strain suggest the occurrence of an outbreak of listeriosis in Belgium in 2011, presumably due to the consumption of hard cheese made with pasteurised milk and produced by a Belgium manufacturer. The outbreak clone was identified as Listeria monocytogenes serovar 1/2a, sensitive to arsenic and cadmium and of multilocus sequence typing MLST-type 37. Food investigation of this outbreak was facilitated by the European Epidemic Intelligence Information System and data exchanged between French and Belgium listeriosis surveillance systems.
authors.affiliation: Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yde
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naranjo
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mattheus
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stragier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pochet
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beulens
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: De Schrijver
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van den Branden
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Laisnez
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Flipse
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lecuit
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dierick
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018053:Arsenites / Q000276:immunology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D019256:Cadmium Chloride / Q000276:immunology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D018053:Arsenites; D019256:Cadmium Chloride