Nationwide outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype 4,[5],12:i:- infection associated with consumption of dried pork sausage, France, November to December 2011

C M Gossner; D van Cauteren; S Le Hello; F X Weill; E Terrien; S Tessier; C Janin; A Brisabois; V Dusch; V Vaillant; N Jourdan-da Silva

doi:10.2807/ese.17.05.20071-en

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Nationwide outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype 4,[5],12:i:- infection associated with consumption of dried pork sausage, France, November to December 2011
C M Gossner^1,2 , D van Cauteren¹ , S Le Hello³ , F X Weill³ , E Terrien^4,5 , S Tessier⁵ , C Janin⁶ , A Brisabois⁷ , V Dusch⁸ , V Vaillant¹ , N Jourdan-da Silva¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS), Saint-Maurice, France ² European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ³ Institut Pasteur, National Reference centre for Salmonella, Paris, France ⁴ Programme de formation à l’épidémiologie de terrain (PROFET), Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS), Saint-Maurice, France ⁵ Cellule de l’InVS en régions (Cire) Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France ⁶ Cellule de l’InVS en régions (Cire) Lorraine-Alsace, France ⁷ Anses, Laboratoire de Sécurité des Aliments, Maisons Alfort, France ⁸ Direction générale de l’alimentation, Mission des urgences sanitaires, Paris, France

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Citation style for this article: Gossner C M, van Cauteren D, Le Hello S, Weill F X, Terrien E, Tessier S, Janin C, Brisabois A, Dusch V, Vaillant V, Jourdan-da Silva N. Nationwide outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype 4,[5],12:i:- infection associated with consumption of dried pork sausage, France, November to December 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(5):pii=20071. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.05.20071-en Received: 23 Jan 2012

Abstract

An outbreak of the monophasic variant of Salmonella enterica serotype 4,[5],12:i:- occurred in November and December 2011 in France. Epidemiological investigation and food investigation with the help of supermarket loyalty cards suggested dried pork sausage from one producer as the most likely source of the outbreak. Despite the absence of positive food samples, control measures including withdrawal and recall were implemented.