Outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 1 infection in British tourists visiting Mallorca, June 1996

C Furtado; S Crespi; L Ward; P Wall

doi:10.2807/esm.02.01.00192-en

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Outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 1 infection in British tourists visiting Mallorca, June 1996
C Furtado^1,2 , S Crespi³ , L Ward⁴ , P Wall¹
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Affiliations: ¹ PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, England ² European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training ³ Clinical Laboratory, Polyclinica Miramar, Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain ⁴ PHLS Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, London, England

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Citation style for this article: C Furtado, S Crespi, L Ward, P Wall. Outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 1 infection in British tourists visiting Mallorca, June 1996. Euro Surveill. 1997;2(1):pii=192. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.02.01.00192-en

Abstract

Three British tourists became ill while on holiday in the same hotel in Alcudia, Mallorca from 11 to 25 June 1996; Salmonella enteritidisinfections were diagnosed upon their return to England. An environmental health officer informed the Gastrointestinal