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Ongoing nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Agona associated with internationally distributed infant milk products, France, December 2017
- Nathalie Jourdan-da Silva1 , Laetitia Fabre2 , Eve Robinson1,3 , Nelly Fournet1 , Athinna Nisavanh1 , Mathias Bruyand1 , Alexandra Mailles1 , Estelle Serre2 , Magali Ravel2 , Véronique Guibert2 , Sylvie Issenhuth-Jeanjean2 , Charlotte Renaudat2 , Mathieu Tourdjman1 , Alexandra Septfons1 , Henriette de Valk1 , Simon Le Hello2
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Santé publique France, Saint-Maurice, France 2 Institut Pasteur, Centre National de Référence des Salmonella, Paris, France 3 European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, SwedenNathalie Jourdan-da SilvaNathalie.JOURDAN-DASILVA santepubliquefrance.fr
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Citation style for this article: Jourdan-da Silva Nathalie, Fabre Laetitia, Robinson Eve, Fournet Nelly, Nisavanh Athinna, Bruyand Mathias, Mailles Alexandra, Serre Estelle, Ravel Magali, Guibert Véronique, Issenhuth-Jeanjean Sylvie, Renaudat Charlotte, Tourdjman Mathieu, Septfons Alexandra, de Valk Henriette, Le Hello Simon. Ongoing nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Agona associated with internationally distributed infant milk products, France, December 2017. Euro Surveill. 2018;23(2):pii=17-00852. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.2.17-00852 Received: 21 Dec 2017; Accepted: 11 Jan 2018
Abstract
On 1 December 2017, an outbreak of Salmonella Agona infections among infants was identified in France. To date, 37 cases (median age: 4 months) and two further international cases have been confirmed. Five different infant milk products manufactured at one facility were implicated. On 2 and 10 December, the company recalled the implicated products; on 22 December, all products processed at the facility since February 2017. Trace-forward investigations indicated product distribution to 66 countries.
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