Four reports and an editorial explore possible causes of and links between outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium in Denmark, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
Eurosurveillance, Volume 13, Issue 44, 30 October 2008
Table of Contents
Editorials
by T Westrell
In this week’s issue of Eurosurveillance, four European countries present recent outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium. The articles present a variety of innovative outbreak investigation methods, in pa(...)
Rapid communications
by H Schmid, H Hächler, R Stephan, A Baumgartner, K Boubaker
An increased number of Salmonella Typhimurium cases were reported in Switzerland between May and June 2008. Investigations involved 72 cases. Results of PFGE typing identified several outbreak strains(...)
by F Grandesso, N Jourdan-da Silva, S Le Hello, S Roussel, S Rasson, C Rousseau, K Wyndels, I Robemanpianina, I Bourdeau, C Peyron, RM Géhin, MB Moyano, C Vogeleisen
An unusually high number of cases of Salmonella Typhimurium was reported in France in June 2008. In the course of epidemiological investigations 112 cases were ascertained, of whom 75 were interviewed(...)
by S Ethelberg, A Wingstrand, T Jensen, G Sørensen, L Müller, M Lisby, EM Nielsen, K Mølbak
An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type U292 has been ongoing in Denmark since 1 April, with 1,054 cases registered until 23 October 2008. Extensive investigations have not provided clear ind(...)
by Y Doorduyn, A Hofhuis, CM de Jager, WK van der Zwaluw, DW Notermans, W van Pelt
A large, countrywide outbreak due to multi-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium phage type DT104 is ongoing in the Netherlands, with 152 cases as of 20 October. Pilot interviews did not suggest any specif(...)
by L Verhoef, E Duizer, H Vennema, J Siebenga, C Swaan, L Isken, M Koopmans, K Balay, P Pothier, P McKeown, G van Dijk, P Capdepon, G Delmas
Research articles
by JE Suk, C Lyall, J Tait
Through engaging a diverse pool of experts, we developed a model conceptualising disease spread as the outcome of interactions among sources, pathways and drivers. The factors perceived most likely to(...)
Miscellaneous
Eurosurveillance Edition: 30 October 2008