Friday, 13 August 2021

PRO/AH/EDR> Salmonellosis, st Typhimurium - USA, Canada: hedgehog, 2020, CDC

Salmonella -- United States
In July 2020, PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for enteric disease surveillance, detected a cluster of 17 _Salmonella [enterica_ serotype] Typhimurium infections. The isolates were closely related genetically to each other (4 allele differences) by whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis and related to isolates from 2 previous outbreaks of _S._ Typhimurium infections linked to pet hedgehogs (1,2). An investigation was initiated to characterize illnesses and identify the

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8593337&promed&0

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