An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 34a infection associated with a Chinese restaurant in Suffolk, United Kingdom

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 40
• Main Authors: Badrinath, Padmanabhan, Sundkvist, Torbjorn, Mahgoub, Hamid, Kent, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 01.09.2004; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Bacteriophage Typing; Cooking - methods; Cooking - standards; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Eggs - microbiology; England - epidemiology; Female; Food Handling - methods; Food Handling - standards; Food Microbiology; Hand Disinfection; Humans; Male; Oryza sativa; Restaurants - standards; Salmonella enteritidis; Salmonella enteritidis - isolation & purification; Salmonella Food Poisoning - epidemiology; Salmonella Food Poisoning - prevention & control; Salmonella Phages - classification; England; British Isles, England, Suffolk

On 30th July 2002, the Suffolk Communicable Disease Control Team received notifications of gastrointestinal illness due to Salmonella Enteritidis in subjects who had eaten food from a Chinese restaurant on 27th July. An Outbreak Control Team was formed resulting in extensive epidemiological, microbi...