Swedish health officials are investigating a national outbreak of Salmonella that has affected a dozen people.
Twelve Salmonella enteritidis cases have been linked by whole genome sequencing (WGS).
Eight of the patients are children younger than 10. The patients live in 10 different regions of the country. The same number
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There has been a drastic decrease in reported diseases including foodborne infections in Germany during the Coronavirus outbreak, according to an analysis.
Robert Koch Institute (RKI) experts found the COVID-19 pandemic and associated public health measures are impacting the occurrence and recording of other reportable infectious diseases.
Experts analyzed the
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Swedish public health officials have reported an increase in Yersinia infections in recent weeks.
Since the second week of January, more than twice as many people have fallen ill with yersiniosis compared to the same period in past years.
An increased number of patients has been observed in the regions
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A Yersinia outbreak in Norway has been solved and declared over just days after it was announced.
Folkehelseinstituttet (the Norwegian Institute of Public Health) said the national outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica O3 was likely caused by a pre-mixed salad product.
Less than a week earlier, the agency had announced an
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Health officials in Norway are investigating a rise in Yersinia infections in recent weeks.
Folkehelseinstituttet (the Norwegian Institute of Public Health) reported an increased incidence of Yersinia enterocolitica O3. So far, infection has been detected in 10 people who live in several counties.
An outbreak investigation has been started with
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The source of a national Yersinia outbreak in recent weeks in Norway that affected 23 people is believed to have been salad with spinach or baby spinach.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) said the Yersinia enterocolitica O3 outbreak was considered to be over.
It started in mid-May and
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Officials in Norway are investigating an increase in Yersinia infections in the past month.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) reported a Yersinia enterocolitica O3 infection has been detected in 13 people living in several counties.
Outbreak investigations to find the source of infection have been started with local
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Researchers have analyzed what happens when a species of Yersinia switches into attack mode.
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is transmitted via contaminated food. When it arrives in the intestine of the warm-blooded host, it secretes the cytotoxic necrotizing factor (CnfY) toxin, which triggers acute inflammatory reactions and increases the effect of other
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More than 2,500 confirmed cases of Listeria and 220 deaths were reported in Europe in 2017, according to a new report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The latest annual epidemiological report found 2,520 cases were reported and 2,502 were confirmed with 227 deaths compared to
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Researchers at the Pasteur Institut in France have developed a genomic analysis method for classifying and identifying Yersinia strains and estimating pathogenicity.
The Yersinia genus covers a range of bacteria distinguished by criteria such as whether or not they are able to cause disease. It is part of the family
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