An Outbreak of Food-Borne Typhoid Fever Due to Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi in Japan Reported for the First Time in 16 Years | Zendy

T. Kobayashi | Zendy; Satoshi Kutsuna | Zendy; Kayoko Hayakawa | Zendy; Yasuyuki Kato | Zendy; Norio Ohmagari | Zendy; Hideko Uryu | Zendy; Ritsuko Yamada | Zendy; Naoyuki Kashiwa | Zendy; Takahito Nei | Zendy; Akihito Ehara | Zendy; Reiko Takei | Zendy; N. Môri | Zendy; Yasuhiro Yamada | Zendy; Tomomi Hayasaka | Zendy; Narito Kagawa | Zendy; Momoko Sugawara | Zendy; Ai Suzaki | Zendy; Yuno Takahashi | Zendy; H Nishiyama | Zendy; Masatomo Morita | Zendy; Hidemasa Izumiya | Zendy; Makoto Ohnishi | Zendy

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An Outbreak of Food-Borne Typhoid Fever Due to Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi in Japan Reported for the First Time in 16 Years

Author(s) -

T. Kobayashi,

Satoshi Kutsuna,

Kayoko Hayakawa,

Yasuyuki Kato,

Norio Ohmagari,

Hideko Uryu,

Ritsuko Yamada,

Naoyuki Kashiwa,

Takahito Nei,

Akihito Ehara,

Reiko Takei,

N. Môri,

Yasuhiro Yamada,

Tomomi Hayasaka,

Narito Kagawa,

Momoko Sugawara,

Ai Suzaki,

Yuno Takahashi,

H Nishiyama,

Masatomo Morita,

Hidemasa Izumiya,

Makoto Ohnishi

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.015

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1476-1645

pISSN - 0002-9637

DOI - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0484

Subject(s) - typhoid fever , outbreak , serotype , salmonella typhi , salmonella enterica , virology , salmonella , medicine , biology , veterinary medicine , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene

For the first time in 16 years, a food-borne outbreak of typhoid fever due to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi was reported in Japan. Seven patients consumed food in an Indian buffet at a restaurant in the center of Tokyo, while one was a Nepali chef in the restaurant, an asymptomatic carrier and the implicated source of this outbreak. The multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis showed 100% consistency in the genomic sequence for five of the eight cases.

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