Cases of Salmonella Urbana in Finland, the Czech Republic and Latvia, January-February 2010

R Rimhanen-Finne; S Lukinmaa; T Martelius; H Rossow; R Karpíšková; D Dedicova; J Galajeva; A Bormane; A Siitonen; M Kuusi

doi:10.2807/ese.15.11.19511-en

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Cases of Salmonella Urbana in Finland, the Czech Republic and Latvia, January-February 2010
R Rimhanen-Finne¹ , S Lukinmaa² , T Martelius¹ , H Rossow¹ , R Karpíšková³ , D Dedicova³ , J Galajeva⁴ , A Bormane⁴ , A Siitonen² , M Kuusi¹
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Affiliations: ¹ National Institute for Health and Welfare, Epidemiologic Surveillance and Response Unit, Helsinki, Finland ² National Institute for Health and Welfare, Bacteriology Unit, Helsinki, Finland ³ National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic ⁴ State Agency “Infectology Center of Latvia”, Riga, Latvia

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Citation style for this article: Rimhanen-Finne R, Lukinmaa S, Martelius T, Rossow H, Karpíšková R, Dedicova D, Galajeva J, Bormane A, Siitonen A, Kuusi M. Cases of Salmonella Urbana in Finland, the Czech Republic and Latvia, January-February 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(11):pii=19511. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.11.19511-en Received: 05 Mar 2010

Abstract

A cluster of 14 cases of Salmonella Urbana cases in Finland, the Czech Republic and Latvia were identified in January-February, 2010. The majority of cases (11) were male and children under 16 years of age. The investigation is currently ongoing and comparison of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles of the isolates suggests that the cases may have a common source of infection.