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Multistate outbreaks of salmonellosis linked to contact with backyard poultry—United States, 2015–2022.

Authors :
Stapleton, G. Sean
Habrun, Caroline
Nemechek, Kaylea
Gollarza, Lauren
Ellison, Zachary
Tolar, Beth
Koski, Lia
Brandenburg, Joshua M.
Salah, Zainab
Palacios, Alexandra
Basler, Colin
Varela, Kate
Nichols, Megin
Benedict, Katharine
Source :
Zoonoses & Public Health. Apr2024, p1. 15p. 5 Illustrations, 2 Charts.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Aims Methods and Results Conclusions Contact with backyard poultry (i.e., privately‐owned, non‐commercial poultry) was first associated with a multistate outbreak of salmonellosis in 1955. In recent years, backyard poultry‐associated salmonellosis outbreaks have caused more illnesses in the United States than salmonellosis outbreaks linked to any other type of animal. Here, we describe the epidemiology of outbreaks from 2015–2022 to inform prevention efforts.During 2015–2022, there were 88 multistate backyard poultry‐associated salmonellosis outbreaks and 7866 outbreak‐associated illnesses caused by 21 different Salmonella serotypes. Salmonella Enteritidis accounted for the most outbreaks (n = 21) and illnesses (n = 2400) of any serotype. Twenty‐four percent (1840/7727) of patients with available information were <5 years of age. In total, 30% (1710/5644) of patients were hospitalized, and nine deaths were attributed to Salmonella infection. Throughout this period, patients reported behaviours that have a higher risk of Salmonella transmission, including kissing or snuggling poultry or allowing poultry inside their home.Despite ongoing efforts to reduce the burden of salmonellosis associated with backyard poultry, outbreak‐associated illnesses have nearly tripled and hospitalizations more than quadrupled compared with those in 1990–2014. Because this public health problem is largely preventable, government officials, human and veterinary healthcare providers, hatcheries, and retailers might improve the prevention of illnesses by widely disseminating health and safety recommendations to the public and by continuing to develop and implement prevention measures to reduce zoonotic transmission of Salmonella by backyard poultry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18631959
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Zoonoses & Public Health
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
176889675
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.13134