Multi‐country outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to Polish eggs

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EFSA Supporting PublicationsVolume 14, Issue 12 1353E Technical reportOpen Access Multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to Polish eggs European Food Safety Authority, European Food Safety AuthoritySearch for more papers by this authorEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlSearch for more papers by this author European Food Safety Authority, European Food Safety AuthoritySearch for more papers by this authorEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlSearch for more papers by this author First published: 15 December 2017 https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1353Citations: 7 Requestor: European Commission Question number: EFSA-Q-2017-00720 This article was originally published on the EFSA website www.efsa.europa.eu on 12 December 2017 as part of EFSA's urgent publication procedures. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References 1 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and European Food Safety Authority. Multicountry outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 8, MLVA type 2-9-7-3-2 and 2-9-6-3-2 infections, 7 March 2017. Available from: https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/media/en/publications/Publications/rapid-outbreak-assessment-Salmonella-Enteritidis-7-mar-2017.pdf. 2 REGULATION (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the control of salmonella and other specified food-borne zoonotic agents.2003; OJL, L325:[15 p.]. Available from: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32003R2160&rid=2. 3 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The European Surveillance System (TESSy). 2016. 4 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Laboratory standard operating procedure for multiplelocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. Available from: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/Salmonella-Enteritidis-Laboratory-standard-operating-procedure.pdf. 5 European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents, and food-borne outbreaks in 2016. EFSA Journal 2017; 15(12):5077[228 p.]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5077 6 Official Journal of the European Union. Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, amending Council Decision90/424/EEC and repealing Council Directive 92/117/EEC. 2003 12.12.2003. Report No. 7 Ashton PM, Nair S, Peters TM, Bale JA, Powell DG, Painset A, et al. Identification of Salmonella for public health surveillance using whole genome sequencing. PeerJ. 2016; 4:e1752. 8Inns T, Ashton PM, Herrera-Leon S, Lighthill J, Foulkes S, Jombart T, et al. Prospective use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) detected a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis. Epidemiology and infection. 2016 Oct 26:1-10. 9Ashton P., Nair S., Peters T., Tewolde R., Day M., Doumith M., et al. Revolutionising Public Health Reference Microbiology using Whole Genome Sequencing: Salmonella as an exemplar. bioRxiv. 2015. Citing Literature Volume14, Issue12December 20171353E ReferencesRelatedInformation