<i>Salmonella</i> Saintpaul outbreak associated with cantaloupe consumption, the United Kingdom and Portugal, September to November 2023.

ABSTRACT: In September 2023, the UK Health Security Agency identified cases of Salmonella Saintpaul distributed across England, Scotland, and Wales, all with very low genetic diversity. Additional cases were identified in Portugal following an alert raised by the United Kingdom. Ninety-eight cases with a similar genetic sequence were identified, 93 in the United Kingdom and 5 in Portugal, of which 46% were aged under 10 years. Cases formed a phylogenetic cluster with a maximum distance of six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and average of less than one SNP between isolates. An outbreak investigation was undertaken, including a case-control study. Among the 25 UK cases included in this study, 13 reported blood in stool and 5 were hospitalized. One hundred controls were recruited via a m

SUBMITTER: McGeoch LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11106726 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature