Human Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Epidemic in Wild Songbirds, United States, 2020–2021
Kane Patel
1, G. Sean Stapleton
1, Rosalie T. Trevejo, Waimon T. Tellier, Jeffrey Higa, Jennifer K. Adams, Sonia M. Hernandez, Susan Sanchez, Nicole M. Nemeth, Emilio E. Debess, Krysta H. Rogers, Aslı Mete, Katherine D. Watson, Leslie Foss, Mabel S.F. Low, Lauren Gollarza, and Megin Nichols
Author affiliations: Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA (K. Patel, G.S. Stapleton); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K. Patel, G.S. Stapleton, J.K. Adams, M.S.F Low, L. Gollarza, M. Nichols); Oregon Health Authority, Portland, Oregon, USA (R.T. Trevejo, E.E. Debess); Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA (W.T. Tellier); California Department of Public Health, Los Angeles and Richmond, California, USA (J. Higa, L. Foss); Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (J.K. Adams); University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA (S.M. Hernandez, S. Sanchez, N.M. Nemeth); Wildlife Health Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Rancho Cordova, California, USA (K.H. Rogers); California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, California (A. Mete, K.D. Watson)
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Figure 2. Epidemiologic curve of onset dates of human Salmonella Typhimurium illnesses and isolation dates of animal isolates, United States, November 7, 2017–May 19, 2021. Isolates shown are within 0–12 allele differences based on core genome mutlilocus sequence typing.
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