Sweden and Denmark – Yersinia outbreak update in Sweden and Denmark

Posted on May 28, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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In a follow-up on the Yersinia enterocolitica outbreak ongoing in Sweden and Denmark, health officials from both countries in this cross-border outbreak to a cumulative total of 57. 
In Sweden the outbreak tally has reached 37, as of May 3. Health officials say that previous suspicions of a link to Latvian carrots has proven to have no connection.

Sweden has begun a case-control study to search for foods that the disease cases have eaten and which differ from what controls have eaten.

While in Denmark, a total of 20 people are part of the outbreak. The investigation shows that the source of infection was probably fresh spinach.

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