A Salmonella Mgulani cluster in New South Wales

Authors

  • Margaret Lesjak South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit, LMB 88, Zetland, NSW, Australia 2031
  • Valerie Delpech Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control Unit, New South Wales Health, North Sydney, New South Wales
  • Mark Ferson South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit, Zetland, New South Wales
  • Keira Morgan South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit, Zetland, New South Wales
  • Paul Paraskevopoulos South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit, Zetland, New South Wales
  • Jeremy McAnulty Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control Unit, New South Wales Health, North Sydney, New South Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2000.24.53

Keywords:

salmonellosis, surveillance, Salmonella Mgulani, DNA fingerprint, outbreak

Abstract

Salmonella Mgulani has been isolated sporadically over the years in Australia, mainly in Queensland. In December 1999 and January 2000 an outbreak involving 42 laboratory-confirmed cases occurred in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. DNA fingerprints of seven isolates tested were all similar to each other and to historical isolates from other Australian sources but not to an imported isolate. No source of the outbreak was identified. Commun Dis Intell 2000;24:304-305.

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31/10/00

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Lesjak, Margaret, Valerie Delpech, Mark Ferson, Keira Morgan, Paul Paraskevopoulos, and Jeremy McAnulty. 2000. “A Salmonella Mgulani Cluster in New South Wales”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 24 (October):305-6. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2000.24.53.

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Vol. 24 (2000)

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Short report

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