Brucellosis outbreak due to unpasteurized raw goat cheese in Andalucia (Spain), January - March 2002

Brucellosis outbreak due to unpasteurized raw goat cheese in Andalucia (Spain), January - March 2002.

Eleven brucellosis cases were identified in three municipalities of Cordoba (Andalucia, Spain). A case-control study was conducted, selecting three cases per control. Persons having eaten unpasteurized raw goat cheese produced in a farmhouse located in the epidemic territory, were at higher risk for presenting brucellosis (OR=21.6, IC95%=1.6-639.8). Brucella melitensis serovar 3 was identified ...

Brucellosis Outbreaks Associated with Domestic Consumption of Legally Imported Unpasteurized Goat Cheese—Dallas County, Texas, 2016

Ongoing measles outbreak in Elche, Spain, 29 January to 9 March 2012.

On 29 January 2012, the first case of measles in Elche, Spain, since 2001 was notified through the epidemiological surveillance system of the Valencian Community. As of 9 March, 109 cases have been notified. The outbreak started in a neighbourhood where the vaccination coverage of the population is inadequate. This report highlights the need to vaccinate the susceptible population and also poin...

Outbreak of tularaemia in central Norway, January to March 2011.

From January to March 2011, 39 cases of tularaemia were diagnosed in three counties in central Norway: 21 cases of oropharyngeal type, 10 cases of glandular/ulceroglandular type, two of respiratory and two of typhoid type. Three cases were asymptomatic and clinical information was unavailable for one case. The mean age was 40.3 years (range 2-89 years). Thirty-four reported use of drinking wate...

Cheese-related listeriosis outbreak, Portugal, March 2009 to February 2012.

In Portugal, listeriosis has been notifiable since April 2014, but there is no active surveillance programme for the disease. A retrospective study involving 25 national hospitals led to the detection of an outbreak that occurred between March 2009 and February 2012. The amount of time between the start of the outbreak and its detection was 16 months. Of the 30 cases of listeriosis reported, 27...