A multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Agona, February - August 2008

D O'Flanagan; M Cormican; P McKeown; N Nicolay; J Cowden; B Mason; D Morgan; C Lane; N Irvine; L Browning

doi:10.2807/ese.13.33.18956-en

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A multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Agona, February - August 2008
D O'Flanagan¹ , M Cormican² , P McKeown¹ , N Nicolay^1,3 , J Cowden⁴ , B Mason⁵ , D Morgan⁶ , C Lane⁶ , N Irvine⁷ , L Browning⁴
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Affiliations: ¹ Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Health Service Executive, Dublin, Ireland ² National Salmonella Reference Laboratory, Galway, Ireland ³ European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training, Stockholm, Sweden ⁴ Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland ⁵ National Public Health Service for Wales, Cardiff, Wales ⁶ Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, England ⁷ Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Citation style for this article: O'Flanagan D, Cormican M, McKeown P, Nicolay N, Cowden J, Mason B, Morgan D, Lane C, Irvine N, Browning L. A multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Agona, February - August 2008. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(33):pii=18956. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.33.18956-en Received: 13 Aug 2008

Abstract

An outbreak of gastroenteritis affecting residents in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Finland is currently being investigated. As of Wednesday 13 August, a total of 119 cases have been identified. An investigation that includes interviews of persons with Salmonella Agona infections, comparison of pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles of S. Agona isolates from cases and also food samples from an Irish food production company and retail outlet chain supplied by the company, suggests that food products from that company may be related to some of these cases. A number of food products including beef steak strips, chicken in various forms, bacon in various forms, and pork have been withdrawn (see: http://www.fsai.ie/ for details). The investigation is ongoing.