Prolonged multi‐country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona linked to the consumption of tomatoes in the EU/EEA and the UK

EFSA published in their supporting publications about Salmonella Strathcona, which is causing an ongoing multicounty epidemic due to tomatoes. A cross‐border outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 is ongoing in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK). From 1 January 2023 to 5 November 2024, 232 confirmed cases of S. Strathcona ST2559 have been identified in 16 EU/EEA countries according to the European case definition: Austria (33), Croatia (3), Czechia (10), Denmark (9), Estonia (1), Germany (62), Finland (3), France (23), Ireland (1), Italy (67), Luxembourg (2), the Netherlands (2), Norway (3), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (2) and Sweden (6). 29 cases were also identified in the UK. Among the travel‐associated cases, the most frequently visited country was Italy. Tomatoes from Sicily were identified as the vehicle of infection in several national epidemiological investigations. WGS cluster analyses suggest that the outbreak strain from multiple affected countries has a recent common origin. @ https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supporting/pub/en-9107#efsa-page-title

 

 

 Prolonged multi‐country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 linked to consumption of tomatoes in the EU/EEA and the UK
Prolonged multi‐country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 linked to consumption of tomatoes in the EU/EEA and the UK

A cross‐border outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona ST2559 is ongoing in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK). From 1 January 2023 to 5 November 2024, 232 confirmed cases of S. Strathcona ST2559 have been identified in 16 EU/EEA countries according to the European case definition: Austria (33), Croatia (3), Czechia (10), Denmark (9), Estonia (1), Germany (62), Finland (3), France (23), Ireland (1), Italy (67), Luxembourg (2), the Netherlands (2), Norway (3), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (2) and Sweden (6). Twenty‐nine cases were also identified in the UK. Among…

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