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First report of a Salmonella enterica serovar Weltevreden outbreak on Reunion Island, France, August 2007
E D'Ortenzio1, F X Weill, S Ragonneau
1Cellule interrégionale d'épidemiologie (CIRE) Réunion-Mayotte, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Réunion Island, France. Eric.DORTENZIO@sante.gouv.fr
Abstract:
An outbreak of gastroenteritis involving 26 guests of a wedding dinner occurred in August 2007 in Réunion Island, a French Overseas Department. Salmonella was isolated in 61.5% of cases and the two isolates serotyped were of serovar Weltevreden. We believe this to be the first food-borne outbreak due to S. enterica serovar Weltevreden described in Réunion Island. The epidemiological and environmental investigations of this outbreak did not provide enough evidence to identify a single vehicle of infection. It is necessary to improve surveillance of salmonellosis by multidisciplinary cooperation between clinicians, epidemiologists, microbiologists and veterinarians on Réunion Island.
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