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Meurice L, Filleul L, Fischer A, Burbaud A, Delvallez G, Diancourt L, Belichon S, Clouzeau B, Malvy D, Oliva-Labadie M, Bragança C, Wilking H, Franca R, Martin G, Godbole G, Tourdjman M, Jourdan-Da Silva N. Foodborne botulism outbreak involving different nationalities during the Rugby World Cup: critical role of credit card data and rapid international cooperation, France, September 2023. Euro Surveill 2023; 28:2300624. [PMID: 37997664 PMCID: PMC10668258 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2023.28.47.2300624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
Abstract
In September 2023, a severe outbreak of type B botulism with fifteen cases was linked to consumption of canned sardines at a restaurant in Bordeaux, France, during the Rugby World Cup. The cases were from seven countries. One death was recorded. Outbreak investigation using credit card data, rapid communication between health authorities of the affected countries and broad media communication allowed identification of cases and exposed persons and prevented further severe outcomes.
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- Laure Meurice
- Santé publique France, Regional office in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France
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- Santé publique France, Regional office in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France
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- Regional health agency Nouvelle-Aquitaine (ARS Nouvelle-Aquitaine), Bordeaux, France
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- Regional health agency Nouvelle-Aquitaine (ARS Nouvelle-Aquitaine), Bordeaux, France
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- National Reference Center for Anaerobic Bacteria and Botulism, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- National Reference Center for Anaerobic Bacteria and Botulism, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Poison control center, Bordeaux Hospital Center, Bordeaux, France
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- Robert Koch Institute, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Health Service Executive - Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland
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- Health Service Executive - Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland
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- United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Gastrointestinal Pathogens and Food Safety (One Health) Division, London, United Kingdom
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- Santé publique France, Department of Infectious Disease, Saint-Maurice, France
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Benson HE, Reeve L, Findlater L, Vusirikala A, Pietzsch M, Olufon O, Matthews E, Hoban A, Painset A, Balasegaram S, Larkin L, Weir S, Heinsbroek E. Local Salmonella Enteritidis restaurant outbreak investigation in England provides further evidence for eggs as source in widespread international cluster, March to April 2023. Euro Surveill 2023; 28:2300309. [PMID: 37410382 PMCID: PMC10370042 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2023.28.27.2300309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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We report a 5-single nucleotide polymorphism cluster of Salmonella Enteriditis in England, part of a global cluster of S. Enteritidis ST11. Forty-seven confirmed cases have been investigated of whom 25 were linked to a restaurant. In addition, there were 18 probable cases with restaurant exposure. Epidemiological investigations suggested eggs or chicken as the most likely cause of the outbreak but were unable to distinguish between those two food vehicles. Ongoing food chain investigations indicated links to imported eggs from Poland.
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- Helen E Benson
- East of England Health Protection Team, UK Health Security Agency, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Field Service East of England, UK Health Security Agency, Cambridge United Kingdom
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- Field Service South East and London, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
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- Field Service South East and London, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
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- Field Service Rapid Investigation Team, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
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- Field Service Rapid Investigation Team, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
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- Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Safety (One Health) Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
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- Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Safety (One Health) Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
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- Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit, Public Health Microbiology Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
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- Field Service South East and London, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
- Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Safety (One Health) Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
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- Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Safety (One Health) Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom
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- East of England Health Protection Team, UK Health Security Agency, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Field Service East of England, UK Health Security Agency, Cambridge United Kingdom
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Rukambile E, Sintchenko V, Muscatello G, Kock R, Alders R. Infection, colonization and shedding of Campylobacter and Salmonella in animals and their contribution to human disease: A review. Zoonoses Public Health 2019; 66:562-578. [PMID: 31179637 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Livestock meat and offal contribute significantly to human nutrition as sources of high-quality protein and micronutrients. Livestock products are increasingly in demand, particularly in low- and middle-income settings where economies are growing and meat is increasingly seen as an affordable and desirable food item. Demand is also driving intensification of livestock keeping and processing. An unintended consequence of intensification is increased exposure to zoonotic agents, and a contemporary emerging problem is infection with Campylobacter and Salmonella spp. from livestock (avian and mammalian), which can lead to disease, malabsorption and undernutrition through acute and chronic diarrhoea. This can occur at the farm, in households or through the food chain. Direct infection occurs when handling livestock and through bacteria shed into the environment, on food preparation surfaces or around the house and surroundings. This manuscript critically reviews Campylobacter and Salmonella infections in animals, examines the factors affecting colonization and faecal shedding of bacteria of these two genera as well as risk factors for human acquisition of the infection from infected animals or environment and analyses priority areas for preventive actions with a focus on resource-poor settings.
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- Elpidius Rukambile
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health, Westmead Hospital and New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, UK
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- Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Kyeema Foundation, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, London, UK
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Møller FT, Mølbak K, Ethelberg S. Analysis of consumer food purchase data used for outbreak investigations, a review. Euro Surveill 2018; 23:1700503. [PMID: 29921346 PMCID: PMC6152197 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2018.23.24.1700503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BackgroundInvestigations of food-borne outbreaks are frequently unsuccessful and new investigation methods should be welcomed. Aim: Describe the use of consumer purchase datasets in outbreak investigations and consider methodological and practical difficulties. Methods: We reviewed published papers describing the use of consumer purchase datasets, where electronic data on the foods that case-patients had purchased before onset of symptoms were obtained and analysed as part of outbreak investigations. Results: For the period 2006-17, scientific articles were found describing 20 outbreak investigations. Most outbreaks involved salmonella or Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and were performed in eight different countries. The consumer purchase datasets were most frequently used to generate hypotheses about the outbreak vehicle where case-interviews had not been fruitful. Secondly, they were used to aid trace-back investigation, where a vehicle was already suspected. A number of methodological as well as (in some countries) legal and practical impediments exist. Conclusions: Several of the outbreaks were unlikely to have been solved without the use of consumer purchase datasets. The method is potentially powerful and with future improved access to big data purchase information, may become a widely applicable tool for outbreak investigations, enabling investigators to quickly find hypotheses and at the same time estimate odds ratios or relative risks hereof. We suggest using the term 'consumer purchase data' to refer to the approach in the future.
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- Frederik T Møller
- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Institute of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Salmonellosis associated with mass catering: a survey of European Union cases over a 15-year period. Epidemiol Infect 2016; 144:3000-3012. [PMID: 27426630 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268816001540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Salmonella spp. is the causative agent of a foodborne disease called salmonellosis, which is the second most commonly reported gastrointestinal infection in the European Union (EU). Although over the years the annual number of cases of foodborne salmonellosis within the EU has decreased markedly, in 2014, a total of 88 715 confirmed cases were still reported by 28 EU Member States. The European Food Safety Authority reported that, after the household environment, the most frequent settings for the transmission of infection were catering services. As evidenced by the reviewed literature, which was published over the last 15 years (2000-2014), the most frequently reported causative agents were Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium serovars. These studies on outbreaks indicated the involvement of various facilities, including hospital restaurants, takeaways, ethnic restaurants, hotels, in-flight catering, one fast-food outlet and the restaurant of an amusement park. The most commonly reported sources of infection were eggs and/or egg-containing foods, followed by meat- and vegetable-based preparations. Epidemiological and microbiological studies allowed common risk factors to be identified, including the occurrence of cross-contamination between heat-treated foods and raw materials or improperly cleaned food-contact surfaces.
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