Egg-borne infections of humans with salmonella:Not only an S. enteritidis problem

Threlfall, E. J., Wain, J., Peters, T., Lane, C., De Pinna, E., Little, C. L., Wales, A. D. and Davies, R. A. (2014) Egg-borne infections of humans with salmonella:Not only an S. enteritidis problem. World's Poultry Science Journal, 70 (1). pp. 15-26. ISSN 0043-9339

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Abstract

The principal salmonella serovar associated with infections linked to eggs and egg products in the UK, most European countries and North America is Salmonella enteritidis. However, other serovars have also been implicated in a number of egg-associated outbreaks, most notably S. typhimurium exhibiting a range of phage types. The present article reviews human egg-associated salmonellosis associated with non-S. enteritidis serovars, predominantly in the European Union (EU) but also world-wide, using information from published literature and epidemiological databases. There are also brief reviews of S. enteritidis and of mechanisms leading to egg contamination by salmonella. The numbers of egg-associated infections caused by non-S. enteritidis serovars are fairly substantial (for example 22% of outbreaks and 11.5% of more than 20,000 cases in the EU in 2008), and such infections have resulted in hospitalisations and deaths. Furthermore, in parts of the world where S. enteritidis historically has not penetrated laying hen breeding flocks, egg-related salmonellosis is a problem associated specifically with non-S. enteritidis serovars. Control measures to limit the incidence of S. enteritidis and S. typhimurium in poultry flocks are vital. It is therefore important that close surveillance of salmonellosis incidence and serovars in laying flocks is used to establish suitable biosecurity and vaccination programmes throughout EU Member States and elsewhere.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	control,egg-related infections,s. enteritidis,s. typhimurium,salmonella,animal science and zoology,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1103
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	21 Mar 2019 13:26
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 04:34
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70292
DOI:	10.1017/S0043933914000026

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