Multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka
As of 8 November 2022, A cross-border outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka ST413 has been ongoing in the EU/EEA, Israel, and the UK since September 2021. By 8 November 2022.
196 cases have been reported in Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Israel possibly linked to consumption of chicken meat. Nineteen cases have been hospitalised and five cases have had septicaemia; there has been one fatal case in the UK. Cases have occurred across all age groups and there is no overall difference when gender is taken into account.
Based on case interviews from Finland and the UK, ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken products and/or fresh chicken meat, such as those used in sandwiches and wraps, are the likely vehicles of infection.
Epidemiological data and microbiological evidence from whole genome sequencing of human isolates indicate there are several active sources through different food distribution chains, with a likely common source further up the supply chain. New cases are likely to occur in the EU/EEA until the source has been identified and controlled.
ECDC encourages Member States to sequence S. Mbandaka isolates from human cases and interview cases with S. Mbandaka ST413 infection focusing on the consumption of various poultry meat and related products.
