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- Title
Notes from the Field: Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Linked to Contact with Pet Hedgehogs--United States, 2011-2013.
- Authors
Marsden-Haug, Nicola; Meyer, Stephanie; Bidol, Sally A.; Schmitz, Jennifer; Culpepper, Wright; Behravesh, Casey Barton; Morris, Jamae; Anderson, Tara Creel
- Abstract
The article discusses the outbreak of human Salmonella Typhimurium infections with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern linked to contact with pet hedgehogs. A total of 20 persons infected with the outbreak strain have been reported since January 2012. Illness onset dates ranged from December 26, 2011 to December 31, 2012. Investigations showed that 14 out of 15 patients reported direct or indirect contact between the patient and a hedgehog a week before the onset of illness.
- Subjects
DISEASE outbreaks; SALMONELLA diseases; SALMONELLA typhimurium; PULSED-field gel electrophoresis; HEDGEHOGS; DISEASE vectors
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2013, Vol 309, Issue 14, p1456
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2013.1525