Salmonella — Israel
In response to ProMED-mail’s request for information in the post above, we hereby submit the following report “Salmonellosis, Israel – outbreak of egg-related _S._ Enteritidis”.
The Israeli Ministry of Health is investigating a recent increase in laboratory notifications of _Salmonella enterica_ serovar Enteritidis infections. During May-July 2017 at least 848 patients infected with _S._ Enteritidis were reported, compared with 294 cases in the same period in 2016 (2.9-fold increase).
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