C Gaulin1, M Fiset1, C Duchesne1, D Ramsay2, N Savard3,4, A Urbanek3, P A Pilon3,5, V Usongo6, S Bekal6. 1. Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Québec, QC. 2. Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec, Québec, QC. 3. Secteur Prévention et contrôle des maladies infectieuses, Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal, Montréal, QC. 4. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, QC. 5. École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC. 6. Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne de Bellevue, QC.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A sudden increase in Salmonella Thompson (S. Thompson) cases distributed throughout three border regions in the province of Quebec in November 2016 triggered a provincial investigation to identify a common source of contamination and to put the appropriate control measures into place. OBJECTIVE: To report on the outbreak and to describe the use of genomic sequencing to identify the salmonella serotype responsible. METHODS: A descriptive survey of all reported cases of Salmonella serogroup C1 that had occurred between October 1, 2016 and February 15, 2017 was conducted. A case definition was developed. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis supplemented by analyses of genome sequences using the single nucleotide variant phylogenomics method were used to demarcate and manage the outbreak. RESULTS: Eighteen cases of S. Thompson were identified through whole genome sequencing. The onset dates of symptoms for the 16 cases that presented enteric symptoms were November 21-December 2, 2016. Two cases that presented with atypical symptoms were not reported until February 2017. Among the 18 cases, 16 had eaten or probably eaten chicken shawarma at the same restaurant chain and nine of these cases ate it at the same restaurant. In total, five restaurants from this chain, spread throughout three border regions of Quebec, were identified. CONCLUSION: Outbreaks associated with chicken shawarma have been identified in the past. Efforts must be made to ensure that the owners of this type of restaurant know the contamination risk associated with this type of cooking and take the necessary steps to reduce this risk. The use of the genome sequencing method was very useful in defining the outbreak.
BACKGROUND: A sudden increase in Salmonella Thompson (S. Thompson) cases distributed throughout three border regions in the province of Quebec in November 2016 triggered a provincial investigation to identify a common source of contamination and to put the appropriate control measures into place. OBJECTIVE: To report on the outbreak and to describe the use of genomic sequencing to identify the salmonella serotype responsible. METHODS: A descriptive survey of all reported cases of Salmonella serogroup C1 that had occurred between October 1, 2016 and February 15, 2017 was conducted. A case definition was developed. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis supplemented by analyses of genome sequences using the single nucleotide variant phylogenomics method were used to demarcate and manage the outbreak. RESULTS: Eighteen cases of S. Thompson were identified through whole genome sequencing. The onset dates of symptoms for the 16 cases that presented enteric symptoms were November 21-December 2, 2016. Two cases that presented with atypical symptoms were not reported until February 2017. Among the 18 cases, 16 had eaten or probably eaten chicken shawarma at the same restaurant chain and nine of these cases ate it at the same restaurant. In total, five restaurants from this chain, spread throughout three border regions of Quebec, were identified. CONCLUSION: Outbreaks associated with chicken shawarma have been identified in the past. Efforts must be made to ensure that the owners of this type of restaurant know the contamination risk associated with this type of cooking and take the necessary steps to reduce this risk. The use of the genome sequencing method was very useful in defining the outbreak.
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