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Eurosurveillance - Volume 17, Issue 37, 13 September 2012
Volume 17, Issue 37, 2012
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Ongoing African measles virus genotype outbreak in Tel Aviv district since April, Israel, 2012
A measles outbreak is affecting the Tel Aviv district, Israel, since April 2012. As of 10 September, 99 cases were confirmed, including 63 (64%) migrants of Eritrean and Sudanese origin. All genotyped cases had the African B3 genotype*. The mean age of migrant and non-migrant cases was 6.0±9.6 and 30.2±24.2 years, respectively (p<0.001). The majority of both migrant and non-migrant cases was unvaccinated. This is the second African measles B3 genotype outbreak within the World Health Organization European region in 2012.
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An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease associated with a display spa pool in retail premises, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, July 2012
N Coetzee , H Duggal , J Hawker , S Ibbotson , T G Harrison , N Phin , V Laza-Stanca , R Johnston , Z Iqbal , Y Rehman , E Knapper , S Robinson and N AigbogunTwenty-one confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease (Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1) were identified in the Stoke-on-Trent area of England with onsets since 2 July 2012. Sequence-based typing results are available for nine cases; all are a unique type (ST1268). Initial interviews highlighted a number of possible environmental sources. Inspection of premises of interest revealed an operating spa pool on display, from which the outbreak strain was identified. All cases had visited the retail premise with this spa pool. .
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Prevalence of Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- in England and Wales, 2010
K L Hopkins , E de Pinna and J WainDifficulties in accurately identifying serovar 4,[5],12:i:- as monophasic variants of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium mean there is confusion in the reporting of serovars Typhimurium and 4,[5],12:i:-. To gain insight into the prevalence and diversity of these monophasic variants in England and Wales, screening for fljB, hin and the serovar 4,[5],12:i:- DT193-associated genomic island was conducted on 609 S. enterica isolates designated as definitive phage type (DT) 193, and 142 isolates serologically-defined as monophasic variants of serovar Typhimurium but belonging to phage types other than DT193. All latter 142 isolates were subtyped by multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA). MLVA was also applied to 70 DT193 serologically-defined monophasic variant isolates. Results indicate that serovar 4,[5],12:i:- accounted for 108 of 209 (52%) of DT193 isolates with available serological data and 99 of 142 (70%) monophasic variant isolates belonging to other phage types. Of 609 DT193 isolates, 463 (76%) lacked fljB and hin. Moreover, genetically-related isolates of DTs 120, 191, 191a, 195, phage types U311 and U323, and reacts but does not conform (RDNC) and untypable (UT) strains were also lacking either hin and/or fljB. Of note, the serovar 4,[5],12:i:- DT193-associated genomic island was identified in not only 458 of 463 (99%) monophasic DT193 isolates, but also 25 of 139 (18%) biphasic DT193 isolates and 56 of 76 (74%) monophasic variants of other phage types. Accurate monitoring of the emergence of serovar 4,[5],12:i:- isolates is important to ascertain the public health impact of these strains; since 2012 the Health Protection Agency's Salmonella Reference Unit has therefore begun determining full antigenic structures of all presumptive O:4 isolates in addition to routinely performing phage typing for identification of variants of serovar Typhimurium. .
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