Danish officials have solved a Listeria outbreak that had been ongoing for three years.
Cold-smoked fish products imported from Estonia are the source of the long-lasting outbreak, which had made nine people sick and linked
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Danish researchers find ground beef, strawberries often behind Campylobacter illnesses
A Danish study has looked at sources of Campylobacter infection to help improve national prevention guidelines.
Researchers from the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) and University of Copenhagen led a case-control study among Danes aged one
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Norway investigates Listeria infections; Sweden, Denmark report on Campylobacter and Salmonella
Norwegian authorities are investigating a potential outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes that has affected six people.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) reported an increase in cases of people infected with Listeria in December. Of
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Denmark probes pork link in Salmonella outbreak; strain is antibiotic resistant
Officials in Denmark are investigating a Salmonella outbreak with 32 cases and 19 hospitalizations. Initial information points to fresh pork as the source.
Infections with Salmonella monophasic Typhimurium have been reported to the Statens Serum
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E. coli sickens 26 in Denmark; no cases in other countries as yet
Danish officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has 26 cases with three out of four being children.
Statens Serum Institut (SSI), the agency responsible for the preparedness against infectious diseases in Denmark, said
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Four deaths in EU Listeria outbreak linked to salmon
A Listeria outbreak in three European countries linked to salmon has sickened 12 and killed four people.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said the multi-country outbreak caused by Listeria monocytogenes sequence
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Rare Salmonella strain sickens 50 in five EU countries
Around 50 people in five European countries have been struck down with a rare strain of Salmonella.
Salmonella Mikawasima has infected 15 people in Germany, 13 in Sweden, eight in both Denmark and the Czech
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UK hardest hit in Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers
European officials have linked ready-to-eat products containing cucumbers to a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella that has sickened 147 people.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said
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Homemade food responsible for botulism outbreak in Denmark
An outbreak of foodborne botulism in Denmark, with six confirmed cases, has been linked to a homemade dish served at a private party in June.
Fødevarestyrelsen (Danish Veterinary and Food Administration) said a sample from
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Food source suspected in Hep A outbreak in six EU countries
More than 40 cases of Hepatitis A have been reported in six European Union countries, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDPC).
The 42 cases across Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands,
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Recalled dates linked to hepatitis A outbreak in Denmark
According to Denmark’s State Serum Institute, an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to dates has sickened 14 people, hospitalizing all but one, since the first confirmed illness in December 2017.
During the initial interviews,
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