Outbreak of Central American born Shigella sonnei in two youth camps in Belgium in the summer of 2019
Publication date
2021-07
Authors
Van den Bossche, An
Ceyssens, Pieter-Jan
Denayer, Sarah
Hammami, Naïma
van den Beld, Maaike
Dallman, Timothy J
Mattheus, Wesley
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Abstract
In 2019, an outbreak of Shigella sonnei occurred during two youth camps in Belgium. The clustering of isolates from both camps was confirmed by next-generation sequencing, as well as a secondary infection of a technician. The outbreak strain clustered with internationally isolated strains from patients with recent travel history to Central America. This report exemplifies enhanced surveillance and international collaboration between public health institutes by enabling to link local outbreaks to region-specific sublineages circulating abroad.
Keywords
Shigella sonnei, Outbreak, Next-generation sequencing, Cluster analyses, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Van den Bossche, A, Ceyssens, P-J, Denayer, S, Hammami, N, van den Beld, M, Dallman, T J & Mattheus, W 2021, 'Outbreak of Central American born Shigella sonnei in two youth camps in Belgium in the summer of 2019', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, vol. 40, no. 7, pp. 1573-1577. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-021-04164-y