Outbreak of Salmonella enterica Goldcoast infection associated with whelk consumption, England, June to October 2013

T Inns; G Beasley; C Lane; V Hopps; T Peters; K Pathak; R Perez-Moreno; G K Adak; A G Shankar; on behalf of the Outbreak Control Team

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.49.20654

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Outbreak of Salmonella enterica Goldcoast infection associated with whelk consumption, England, June to October 2013
T Inns^1,2,3 , G Beasley¹ , C Lane⁴ , V Hopps⁵ , T Peters⁶ , K Pathak⁶ , R Perez-Moreno⁷ , G K Adak⁴ , A G Shankar¹ , on behalf of the Outbreak Control Team
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Affiliations: ¹ Anglia and Essex Centre, Public Health England, United Kingdom ² Field Epidemiology Training Programme, Public Health England, United Kingdom ³ European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ⁴ Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England, United Kingdom ⁵ Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council, United Kingdom ⁶ Microbiology Services, Public Health England, United Kingdom ⁷ Incidents Unit, Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom

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Citation style for this article: Inns T, Beasley G, Lane C, Hopps V, Peters T, Pathak K, Perez-Moreno R, Adak G K, Shankar A G, on behalf of the Outbreak Control Team. Outbreak of Salmonella enterica Goldcoast infection associated with whelk consumption, England, June to October 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(49):pii=20654. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.49.20654 Received: 22 Nov 2013

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Abstract

An increase in the number of cases of Salmonella enterica serotype Goldcoast infection was observed in England during September 2013. A total of 38 cases were reported, with symptom onset dates between 21 June and 6 October 2013. Epidemiological, environmental, microbiological and food chain evidence all support the conclusion that this outbreak was associated with eating whelks processed by the same factory. Whelks are a novel vehicle of Salmonella infection and should be considered when investigating future outbreaks.