Linking Epidemiology and Whole-Genome Sequencing to Investigate Salmonella Outbreak, Massachusetts, USA, 2018

Eric L Vaughn; Quynh T Vo; Johanna Vostok; Tracy Stiles; Andrew Lang; Catherine M Brown; R Monina Klevens; Lawrence Madoff

doi:10.3201/eid2607.200048

Linking Epidemiology and Whole-Genome Sequencing to Investigate Salmonella Outbreak, Massachusetts, USA, 2018

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jul;26(7):1538-1541. doi: 10.3201/eid2607.200048.

Authors

Eric L Vaughn, Quynh T Vo, Johanna Vostok, Tracy Stiles, Andrew Lang, Catherine M Brown, R Monina Klevens, Lawrence Madoff

Abstract

Cross-discipline collaboration among state and local health departments improved foodborne illness surveillance for a 2018 Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis outbreak in Massachusetts, USA. Prompt linking of epidemiologic and laboratory data and implementation of in-state whole-genome sequencing and analysis improved public health surveillance capacity for outbreak detection and control.

Keywords: Massachusetts; Salmonella; United States; bacteria; epidemiology; food safety; foodborne illness; whole-genome sequencing.

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks
Foodborne Diseases* / epidemiology
Humans
Massachusetts / epidemiology
Salmonella enteritidis / genetics
Whole Genome Sequencing