PRO/EDR> Foodborne illness – Ukraine (02): (LV) smoked fish, poss. salmonellosis

Salmonella — Ukraine
This information is from my colleagues from Lviv who [treated] some patients:
1. Source of infection: hot smoked mackerel.
2. All the diseased bought this fish in one market, from one manufacturer.
3. The manufacturer did not have a license. He took frozen mackerel, defrosted it and smoked it in his garage.
4. According to preliminary data, _Salmonella_ was isolated from a piece of this fish (the species is not specified).
5. Most patients have typical symptoms of intestinal infection: