Outbreak of salmonellosis in a kindergarten in Estonia, May 2008

I Dontšenko; N Võželevskaja; A Põld; N Kerbo; K Kutsar

doi:10.2807/ese.13.24.18900-en

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Outbreak of salmonellosis in a kindergarten in Estonia, May 2008
I Dontšenko¹ , N Võželevskaja² , A Põld² , N Kerbo¹ , K Kutsar¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Health Protection Inspectorate, Tallinn, Estonia ² Tallinn Health Protection Service, Tallinn, Estonia

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Citation style for this article: Dontšenko I, Võželevskaja N, Põld A, Kerbo N, Kutsar K. Outbreak of salmonellosis in a kindergarten in Estonia, May 2008. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(24):pii=18900. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.24.18900-en Received: 09 Jun 2008

Abstract

The Estonian Health Protection Inspectorate (HPI) is investigating an outbreak of salmonellosis in a kindergarten in Harju County. As of 28 May 2008, 94 salmonellosis cases had been reported, including 85 children and nine employees of the kindergarten. Of the 94 cases, 71 were laboratory-confirmed for Salmonella enteritidis and 23 were shown to be epidemiologically linked.