Volume 18, Number 7—July 2012
Dispatch
Salmonellosis Outbreak Traced to Playground Sand, Australia, 2007–2009
Michael Staff
, Jennie Musto, Geoff Hogg, Monika Janssen, and Karrie Rose
, Jennie Musto, Geoff Hogg, Monika Janssen, and Karrie Rose
Table
Salmonella enterica var. Java isolates from animals in or near local government area, Australia, 1998–2009*
| Species | Year | Reason for collection | Specimen type | No. animals tested | No. positive | MLVA (no.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandicoot† | 1998 | Opportunistic screening | Feces | 1 | 1 | ND |
| Dog‡ | 2001 | Unclear | Rectal swab | 1 | 1 | ND |
| Black duck | 2008 | Near contaminated playground | Feces from ground | 5 | 2 | 1-16-0-0-493 |
| Black rat | 2008 | Trapped in contaminated playground | Rectal swab | 1 | 1 | 1-16-0-0-493 |
| Bandicoot | 2008 | Trapped in contaminated playground | Cloacal swab | 1 | 1 | 1-16-0-0-493 |
| Brushtail possum | 2009 | Trapped in state park | Cloacal swab | 11 | 1 | 1-14-0-0-493 |
| Bandicoot | 2009 | Trapped in state parks | Cloacal swab and feces | 67 | 18 | 1-13-0-0-493 (6), 1-14-0-0-493 (3), 1-15-0-0-493 (3), 1-16-0-0-493 (3), 1-17-0-0-493 (3) |
| Bandicoot | 2008–2009 | Wildlife rescue | Cloacal swab | 12 | 2 | 1-13-0-0-493 (1), 1-15-0-0-490 (1) |
| Bandicoot | 2009 | Trapped in yard of a case-patient | Cloacal swab | 3 | 2 | 1-16-0-0-493 (2) |
| Bandicoot§ | 2009 | Wildlife rescue | Cloacal swab | 3 | 3 | 01-13-0-0-493 (3) |
*With the exceptions of samples from 1 bandicoot that reacted but did not conform (PT RDNC/A001), and 1 dog that was not tested, all phage types were Dundee. MLVA, multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis; ND, not done.
†Adult, sampled 10 km south of local government area.
‡Sampled10 km south of local government area.
§Juvenile siblings.
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