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Multi-country outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 34 linked to chocolate products – first update
On 17 February 2022, the United Kingdom (UK) reported a cluster of cases with monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 34 infection. As of 18 May 2022, 324 cases had been reported in 12 EU/EEA countries and the UK, including two distinct strains.
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Rapid outbreak assessment – first update: Multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to chocolate products
On 18 May 2022, ECDC and EFSA published an update of the rapid outbreak assessment on a multi-country outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium linked to chocolate products made at a factory in Arlon, Belgium.
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19 April update: Monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to chocolate products
As of 19 April 2022, an outbreak of 187 confirmed and probable cases of monophasic S. Typhimurium (cluster 1) has been identified in the EU/EEA and the United Kingdom.
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Multi-country outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 34 linked to chocolate products
On 17 February 2022, the United Kingdom (UK) reported a cluster of cases with monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 34 infection. By 8 April 2022, 150 cases had been reported in nine EU/EEA countries and the UK. Most cases are below 10 years of age and many children have been hospitalised.
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Multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to chocolate products
On 12 April 2022, ECDC and EFSA published a rapid outbreak assessment on a multi-country outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium linked to chocolate products made at a factory in Arlon, Belgium.
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Communicable disease threats report, 3-9 April 2022, week 14
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 3-9 April 2022 and includes updates on COVID-19, the influx of people displaced from Ukraine to the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, seasonal influenza, hepatitis, monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium, MERS-CoV, chikungunya and dengue.
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8 April update: Monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to chocolate products
An outbreak caused by monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium is rapidly evolving in eight EU/EEA countries and the United Kingdom (UK).
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6 April: Monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to chocolate products
An outbreak caused by monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium is rapidly evolving in seven EU/EEA countries and the United Kingdom (UK).
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Eleventh external quality assessment scheme for Salmonella typing
This report presents the results of the 11th round of the external quality assessment (EQA-11) scheme for typing of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica organised for the national public health national reference laboratories (NPHRLs) in ECDC’s Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses network (FWD-Net) managed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The EQA-11 scheme was arranged by the Section for Foodborne Infections at the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in Denmark.
Impact of salmonella control programmes in poultry on human salmonellosis burden in Greece
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Tzani, M., Mandilara, G., Dias, J.G., Sideroglou, T., Chrysostomou, A., Mellou, K.