Thursday, 16 November 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Strep. Group B - Singapore: serotype III, ST283, invasive, foodborne, fish, 2015

Foodborne Illness -- Singapore
A new report details the investigation into a large outbreak of group B _Streptococcus_ in Singapore that was caused by a type of raw fish salad.
The 2015 outbreak sickened 238 people and was associated with consuming yusheng, a dish typically made from 2 freshwater fish species, Asian bighead carp and snakehead, Lee C. Ng, PhD, director of the Singapore National Environment Agency's Environmental Health Institute, and colleagues wrote in Emerging Infectious Diseases [1,2].
The discovery

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2zNtE2R

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