Open AccessTracing Back the Source of an Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium; National Outbreak Linked to the Consumption of Raw and Undercooked Beef Products, the Netherlands, October to December 2015
Author(s) -
Gudrun Freidl,
Stefanie Schoss,
Margreet te Wierik,
Max Heck,
Paulien Tolsma,
Anouk Urbanus,
Ife A. Slegers-Fitz-James,
Ingrid Friesema
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.1c667d62b51eb9840f5f7eb617e56bc1
Subject(s) - multiple loci vntr analysis , salmonella , outbreak , food safety , variable number tandem repeat , food science , environmental health , biology , medicine , bacteria , virology , gene , biochemistry , allele , genetics
On 23 October 2015, six related cases with gastroenteritis called the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. They suspected filet américain, a raw beef spread, to be the source of infection. Leftovers and stool samples tested positive for Salmonella Typhimurium. Multiple locus variable-number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) revealed a MLVA pattern (02-23-08-08-212), which had not been detected in the Netherlands before. Concomitantly, an increase of this MLVA type was observed in the national Salmonella surveillance, amounting to 46 cases between 26 October and 9 December.