PRO/AH/EDR> Salmonellosis, st Agbeni – Norway: imported dried fruit mix, 2018-19

Salmonella — Norway
A dried fruit mix linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis in Norway contained products from South East Asia and Africa, according to researchers. From the end of 2018 to mid-March 2019, 56 people fell ill and 21 were hospitalized but no deaths were recorded. “The outbreak was characterized by an unusual, severe clinical presentation with systemic infections seen in 7, urinary tract infections in 10, and hospitalization in 21 of the 56 cases,” said researchers in the journal Eurosurveillance