Heather Venkat, James Matthews, Paolo Lumadao, Blanca Caballero, Jennifer Collins, Nicole Fowle, Marilee Kellis, Mackenzie Tewell, Stacy White, Rashida Hassan, Andrew Classon, Yoo Joung, Kenneth Komatsu, Joli Weiss, Scott Zusy, Rebecca Sunenshine
On 10 August 2016, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health identified culture-confirmed Salmonella enterica serotype Javiana isolates from two persons who reported eating at a seafood restaurant; seven additional cases were reported by 15 August. We investigated to identify a source and prevent further illness. We interviewed persons with laboratory-reported Salmonella Javiana infection. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and whole genome sequencing of isolates were performed. A case was defined as diarrheal illness in a person during July to September 2016; confirmed cases had Salmonella Javiana isolate yielding outbreak-related PFGE patterns; probable cases had diarrheal illness and an epidemiologic link to a confirmed case...
August 2018: Journal of Food Protection