An ongoing outbreak in Denmark belies the fact that salmonellosis rates in Scandinavia have remained fairly constant during the past decade. In the attached graph rates for the United States are added for comparison. Some additional background data on salmonellosis in Denmark – source www.GideonOnline.com (more…)

A recent outbreak of suspected salmonellosis among British travelers at a hotel in Italy highlights the risk for such infections among tourists, expatriates and similar groups in transit through foreign countries. The following chronology of similar episodes is abstracted from GIDEON:

1976 – An outbreak (550 cases) of Salmonella typhimurium infection affecting 4 international air flights (Las Palmas-Helsinki, Las Palmas-Honover) was caused by contaminated mayonnaise prepared in Spain.
1985 – An outbreak (168 cases) of Salmonella minnesota infection was reported at a Filipino workers’ camp in Saudi Arabia. (more…)

Following up on the latest outbreak of salmonellosis in Constanta, Romania, using the GIDEON graph function, Steve analyzes the reported rates of salmonellosis in Romania and surrounding countries. As reported by ProMED:

The recent outbreak in Constanta belies the fact that Romania has consistently reported the lowest rates of salmonellosis in this region of Europe for at least 20 years. See graph.

ProMED published another note from GIDEON related to Salmonellosis in Germany. Here’s an abstract:

Salmonellosis accounts for 14 percent of all reported infectious disease and 98 percent of all zoonoses in Germany. 55 percent of infections are acquired from meat and poultry.

Recent incidence data are displayed at and are contrasted with those of the United States at