Community Foodborne of Salmonella Weltevreden Outbreak at Northern Governorate, Sultanate of Oman

• Published in: Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 224 - 229
• Main Authors: Al-Maqbali, Ali A., Al-Abri, Seif S., Vidyanand, V., Al-Abaidani, Idris, Al-Balushi, Amal S., Bawikar, Shyam, El Amir, Emadeldin, Al-Azri, Saleh, Kumar, Rajesh, Al-Rashdi, Azza, Al-Jardani, Amina K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2021; Springer Nature B.V; Atlantis Press; Springer
• Subjects: Community; Diarrhea; DNA fingerprinting; Fever; Food consumption; Food handling; Food safety; Gastroenteritis; Genotyping; Handlers; Hygiene; Intravenous administration; outbreak investigation; Outbreaks; Personal hygiene; Public health; rapid response team; Rehydration; Research Article; Restaurants; Safety; Salmonella; Salmonella Weltevreden; serotyping; Vomiting; Oman; serotyping; outbreak investigation; rapid response team; Salmonella Weltevreden

Objectives To investigate the course of a community gastroenteritis outbreak by Salmonella and implement interventional activities and roles to prevent occurring such an outbreak in the future. Methods From August 27 to 2 September 2015, 101 individuals were reported among a local community. All aff...