Wednesday, 29 May 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Yersiniosis - Denmark, Sweden: spinach, ex Italy

Not Yet Classified -- Denmark
An outbreak of yersiniosis in Denmark and Sweden with more than 50 cases has been linked to fresh spinach. Statens Serum Institut, a public health research institute in Denmark, reports 20 people have been infected in the country. One person needed hospital treatment. The Public Health Agency of Sweden has recorded 37 confirmed cases.
In March 2019, 20 cases of _Yersinia enterocolitica_ [infection] were found in Denmark. There were 11 women and 9 men aged 2 to 74 years old, with most cases

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6492672&promed&0

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