Insights into recurring multi-country outbreaks of <i>Salmonella</i> Strathcona associated with tomatoes, Europe, 2011 to 2024.

ABSTRACT: Notifications of Salmonella Strathcona infections increased in Europe in 2023 prompting a multi-country outbreak investigation. We aimed to describe the epidemiology of S. Strathcona infections in 17 European countries 2011-2024, investigate the genetic relatedness of S. Strathcona isolates and identify the vehicle. Cases were persons residing in the study area and with a laboratory-confirmed S. Strathcona infection 2011-2024. Confirmed cases had a S. Strathcona isolate clustering with the outbreak reference strain in core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) within 7 allelic differences (AD) and possible cases within 8-13 AD. Probable cases had an epidemiological link to a confirmed case and non-outbreak cases had an isolate > 13 AD from the outbre

SUBMITTER: Brait V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12534777 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature