Open AccessInternational outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg, October-December 2001, Part 2: Denmark
Author(s) -
Steen Ethelberg
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.03.02006-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , salmonella , medicine , disease , pediatrics , virology , biology , bacteria , genetics
Between 18 October and the end of 2001, 16 cases of Salmonella Oranienburg were reported in Denmark. One patient probably acquired the infection in Africa; the remaining 15 had not been travelling before onset of disease. The patients were mostly elderly; several of them had a serious underlying illness. In contrast, only two cases had been reported in 2001 before 18 October.