Foodborne Outbreak and Nonmotile Salmonella enterica Variant, France

Simon Le Hello (1) , Anne Brisabois (2) , Marie Accou-Demartin (1) , Adeline Josse (1) , Muriel Marault (2) , Sylvie Francart (3) , Jourdan-da Silva Nathalie (4) , François-Xavier Weill (1)

1 CNR-ESS - Centre National de Référence - National Reference Center Escherichia coli, Shigella et Salmonella
2 LSAl - Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments de Maisons-Alfort
3 Ministère de l'Alimentation, de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche
4 INVS - Institut de Veille Sanitaire

We report a food-related outbreak of salmonellosis in humans caused by a nonmotile variant of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in France in 2009. This nonmotile variant had been circulating in laying hens but was not considered as Typhimurium and consequently escaped European poultry flock regulations.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Simon Le Hello, Anne Brisabois, Marie Accou-Demartin, Adeline Josse, Muriel Marault, et al.. Foodborne Outbreak and Nonmotile Salmonella enterica Variant, France. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, 18 (1), pp.132-134. ⟨10.3201/eid1801.110450⟩. ⟨pasteur-01118450⟩