Estimated microbiological and epidemiological of the outbreak of salmonellosis in the child care institution in Murmansk
There were estimated microbiological and epidemiological features of the salmonellosis outbreak that occurred in January 2013 in the child care institution in Murmansk. It was found that the number of cases was 39, the age group of 2-6 years. The source of infection is not determined, presumably transfer factor was chicken used for cooking. The plasmid analysis of 36 strains of Salmonella Enteritidis showed that all of them belonged to plasmid type 38: 2.6: 1.4 MDa. This type is not defined in the study of strains isolated from sporadic patients in the outbreak period. According to long-term surveillance it was shown that the strains of the plasmid type 38: 2.6: 1.4 MDa, isolated from production of 8 poultry farms of the broiler direction only in the Far Eastern, Siberian and Central Federal Districts of the Russian Federation.