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Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022
Dispatch

Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg with Unidentified Source, Australia, 2018–2019

Elenor J. KerrComments to Author , Russell Stafford, Irani U. Rathnayake, Rikki M.A. Graham, Emily Fearnley, Joy Gregory, Keira Glasgow, Rose Wright, Vitali Sintchenko, Qinning Wang, Peter Howard, Lex E.X. Leong, Mary Valcanis, William Pitchers, Stephen B. Lambert, and Amy V. Jennison
Author affiliations: Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (E.J. Kerr, R. Stafford, I.U. Rathnayake, R.M.A. Graham, S.B. Lambert, A.V. Jennison); Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (E.J. Kerr, S.B. Lambert); South Australia Health, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (E. Fearnley); Department of Health and Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (J. Gregory); Health Protection New South Wales, St. Leonard’s, New South Wales, Australia (K. Glasgow); Department of Health, Canberra (R. Wright); Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia (V. Sintchenko, Q. Wang, P. Howard); South Australia Pathology, Adelaide (L.E.X. Leong); University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (M. Valcanis, W. Pitchers)

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Table

National Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg outbreak cases by demographic and clinical characteristics, Australia, November 1, 2018–July 10, 2019

Feature No. (%)
Demographic
 N = 59
Sex
M 33 (56)
F
 26 (44)
Age group, y
0–4 10 (17)
5–9 2 (3)
10–19 5 (8)
20–29 2 (3)
30–39 7 (12)
40–49 5 (08)
50–59 12 (20)
60–69 6 (10)
70–79 3 (5)
80–89 5 (8)
≥90
 2 (3)
Symptom
Diarrhea 38/42 (90)
Abdominal cramps 30/37 (81)
Fever 22/38 (58)
Vomiting 11/38 (30)
Bloody diarrhea
 7/34 (21)
Hospitalization
Yes 16/45 (36)
No 29/45 (64)
Emergency department visit only 3/16 (19)

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