Genomic sentinel surveillance: Salmonella Paratyphi B outbreak in travellers coinciding with a mass gathering in Iraq

Marie Anne Chattaway; Natasha Shersby; Parisha Katwa; Kyle Adair; Anais Painset; Gauri Godbole

doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000940

Genomic sentinel surveillance: Salmonella Paratyphi B outbreak in travellers coinciding with a mass gathering in Iraq

Marie Anne Chattaway¹, Natasha Shersby¹, Parisha Katwa², Kyle Adair², Anais Painset¹ and Gauri Godbole³
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¹ Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK ² Travel Health and IHR, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK ³ Gastro and Food Safety (One Health) Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK
*Correspondence: Marie Anne Chattaway, [email protected]
Published: 24 February 2023 https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000940

Abstract

Salmonella Paratyphi B infections in England are the least common imported typhoidal infection but can still cause invasive disease. Sentinel surveillance at the reference laboratory detected an outbreak from Iraq due to reported travel history, enabling enhanced PCR testing for a quick diagnosis.

Received: 08/07/2022
Accepted: 28/11/2022
Published Online: 24/02/2023

Keyword(s): genomics , Iraq , outbreak , Paratyphi B and sentinel surveillance

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. This article was made open access via a Publish and Read agreement between the Microbiology Society and the corresponding author’s institution.

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