A Salmonella Typhimurium 197 outbreak linked to the consumption of lambs' liver in Sydney, NSW

We identified an increase in the number of cases of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 197 in New South Wales in February 2005. Cases were predominantly of Lebanese descent. To identify risk factors for illness, we conducted an unmatched case-control study including 12 cases and 21 controls. Eight of...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2008-04, Vol.136 (4), p.461-467
Main Authors: HESS, I. M. R., NEVILLE, L. M., McCARTHY, R., SHADBOLT, C. T., McANULTY, J. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Bacteriology
Beef
Biological and medical sciences
Case control studies
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Diseases
Female
Food contamination & poisoning
Food Handling
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health services
Humans
Illnesses
Infant
Infections
Infectious diseases
Interviews
Liver
Male
Meat
Meat - microbiology
Meats
Metropolitan areas
Microbiology
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
Miscellaneous
New South Wales - epidemiology
Original Papers
Public health
Risk Factors
Salmonella
Salmonella Food Poisoning - epidemiology
Salmonella Food Poisoning - etiology
Salmonella infections
Salmonella typhimurium
Salmonella typhimurium - isolation & purification
Sheep
Slaughterhouses
Studies
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Summary:We identified an increase in the number of cases of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 197 in New South Wales in February 2005. Cases were predominantly of Lebanese descent. To identify risk factors for illness, we conducted an unmatched case-control study including 12 cases and 21 controls. Eight of 12 cases (67%) and no controls reported eating lambs' liver (OR incalculable, P
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268807008813