Eurosurveillance - Salmonella outbreak was first linked to tomatoes in Sweden
Researchers have described the first outbreak of Salmonella in Sweden that had small tomatoes as the likely source of infection. Eighty-two cases of monophasic Salmonella...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - French outbreaks linked to shellfish closed 30 harvest sites
More than 30 harvest sites were closed over a two month period in France as part of outbreaks linked to eating oysters, according to recently released data. Because of...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - First recorded EIEC outbreak in Sweden linked to leafy greens
Researchers have shed more light on the first recorded enteroinvasive E. coli outbreak in Sweden. The outbreak in the county of Halland in 2017 had 83 self-reported infections...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Slovenian study reveals low levels of C. difficile in food
Researchers in Slovenia have described results from long-term, national Clostridioides difficile food surveillance project. Positive results were found in meat, fresh produce...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - France and Serbia Trichinella outbreak linked to backyard...
Meat from backyard pigs was the source of a trichinellosis outbreak in France and Serbia in 2017. Three patients were exposed in Serbia and took pork back to France where they...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Study investigates large STEC rise in Switzerland
Researchers have assessed the factors behind an increase in Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections in Switzerland. Since 2015, a large rise in cases has been observed. This...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Germany part of resurgent hepatitis A outbreak
The resurgence of a hepatitis A outbreak linked to strawberries underlines the importance of complete traceback of implicated products during outbreaks, according to...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Fraudulent PCR testing led entire world into lockdown...
Just weeks before much of the world was forced into mandatory lockdown due to fears about the Wuhan coronavirus , the journal Eurosurveillance published a bogus study...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Scientists call for change in EU fish parasite rules
Results of a study on parasites in fish supports a change to European regulation, according to researchers. Their work found a low risk of Anisakis larvae infection in fish...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Researchers assess method to help with hepatitis A...
Sequence-based typing has helped to detect clusters and identify outbreaks of hepatitis A in Sweden, according to a study. Researchers investigated hepatitis A virus sequences...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Norwegian Salmonella outbreak traced to dried fruit from...
A dried fruit mix linked to an outbreak of Salmonella in Norway contained products from South East Asia and Africa, according to researchers. From the end of 2018 to mid-March...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Spray dryer blamed in Salmonella outbreak with 325 sick
More than 300 people were part of a Salmonella outbreak in Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2017 and 2018 that was traced to contaminated powdered egg products. The probable...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Dates link in Hepatitis A outbreak enabled action before...
Findings that a hepatitis A outbreak was linked to dates allowed action to be taken before the start of Ramadan, likely reducing the number of people affected, according to a...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Researchers assess WGS use for foodborne pathogens
Whole genome sequencing provides a level of additional information that more than balances out the additional costs if used effectively, according to a recent...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - WGS project on Campylobacter gives insights in Denmark
A surveillance project in Denmark using whole genome sequencing has found many Campylobacter infections are not sporadic and helped uncover a large outbreak. The study showed...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Fully vaccinated patient sparks covid outbreak in Israeli...
A new paper published in Eurosurveillance shows that a recent Wuhan coronavirus outbreak was ignited by someone who is “fully vaccinated.” Even though 96 percent of those...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Hospital covid outbreak saw many deaths among fully...
The journal Eurosurveillance published a paper recently that debunks the myth of “vaccine-generated herd immunity” for the Wuhan coronavirus. As it turns out, the fully...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Israel study questions COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, reveals...
A recent study from Israel about the efficacy of the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine suggests that these injections are doing more harm than good. The study, which was published last...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Avoid serving high-risk food to vulnerable people, advises...
Giving high-risk food to vulnerable people in medical settings should be avoided, according to a review of healthcare-associated foodborne outbreaks that included the United...
View ArticleEurosurveillance - Norovirus tops outbreak causes according to Dutch study
Norovirus was the main cause of outbreaks and related illnesses, according to a Dutch study including 12 years of data. Researchers studied foodborne outbreaks between 2006 and...
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