Outbreak of Salmonella Thompson in the Netherlands since July 2012

I H Friesema; A E de Jong; I A Fitz James; M E Heck; J H van den Kerkhof; D W Notermans; W van Pelt; A Hofhuis

doi:10.2807/ese.17.43.20303-en

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Outbreak of Salmonella Thompson in the Netherlands since July 2012
I H Friesema¹ , A E de Jong² , I A Fitz James² , M E Heck¹ , J H van den Kerkhof¹ , D W Notermans¹ , W van Pelt¹ , A Hofhuis¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands ² Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), Utrecht, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Friesema I H, de Jong A E, Fitz James I A, Heck M E, van den Kerkhof J H, Notermans D W, van Pelt W, Hofhuis A. Outbreak of Salmonella Thompson in the Netherlands since July 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(43):pii=20303. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.43.20303-en Received: 15 Oct 2012

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Abstract

An ongoing outbreak of salmonellosis due to Salmonella Thompson is affecting the Netherlands. Between 2 August and 19 October 2012, 866 cases were confirmed. Their median age was 44 years (range: 0-95 years), 63% were female and 36% were hospitalised. A matched case-control study suggested smoked salmon as the vehicle. Salmonella Thompson was confirmed in four of nine batches of smoked salmon from one producer. A recall of all concerned smoked salmon products was executed starting end of September. .