Salmonella serotype Enteritidis

Additional Information

References

Playing it Safe With Eggs, What Consumers Need to Know. United States Food and Drug Administration Web Site. Updated July 8, 2009. Accessed August 25, 2010.

The “An Ounce of Prevention” Campaign. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web Site. Updated April 24, 2008. Accessed September 2, 2010.

Braden CR. Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis and eggs: a national epidemic in the United States. Clin Infect Dis 2006;43:512-17.

Ebel E, Schlosser W. Estimating the annual fraction of eggs contaminated with Salmonella enteritidis in the United States. Int J Food Microbiol. 2000 Oct 1;61(1):51-62.

Hope BK, Baker R, Edel ED, Hogue AT, Schlosser WD, Whiting R, McDowell RM, Morales RA. An overview of the Salmonella Enteritidis risk assessment for shell eggs and egg products.  Risk Anal. 2002 Apr;22(2):203-18.

United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Outbreak of Salmonella serotype Enteritidis infection associated with eating shell eggs -- United States, 1999-2001. MMWR 2003;51:1149-1152.

Altekruse SF, Bauer N, Chanlongbutra A, DeSagun R, Naugle A, Schlosser W, Umholtz R, White P. Salmonella enteritidis in broiler chickens, United States, 2000-2005. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Dec;12(12):1848-52.

United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service. The Nationwide Microbiological Baseline Data Collection Program: Young Chicken Survey, July 2007-June 2008. Accessed September 9, 2010. [PDF - 199 kb]

Kimura  AC,  Reddy V, Marcus R, Cieslak PR, Mohle-Boetani JC, Kassenborg HD, Segler SD, Hardnett FP, Barrett T, Swerdlow DL; Emerging Infections Program FoodNet Working Group.  Chicken consumption is a newly identified risk factor for sporadic Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis infections in the United States: a case-control study in FoodNet sites. Clin Infect Dis 2004; 38:S244-S252.

Surveillance

• Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks --- United States, 2007
• Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks --- United States, 2006
• Surveillance for Outbreaks of Salmonella Serotype Enteritidis: Summary of 2001 Data [PDF - 217 kb]
• Surveillance for Outbreaks of Salmonella Serotype Enteritidis: Summary of 1999 Data [PDF -15 kb]