A protracted outbreak of Salmonella Hessarek infection associated with one brand of eggs—South Australia, March 2017 - July 2018

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2019

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Kenny, Bernadette
Miller, Megge
McEvoy, Vanessa
Centofanti, Alessia
Stevens, Cherylyn
Housen, Tambri

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National Centre for Disease Control

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Salmonella Hessarek is an uncommon serotype in Australia. We report on the investigation of a protracted outbreak of 25 cases of S. Hessarek gastroenteritis in which cases were defined as any laboratory confirmed case of Salmonella Hessarek notified to the South Australian Communicable Disease Control Branch from 1st March 2017 to 3 July 2018.

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Communicable Diseases Intelligence

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