Animal contact as a source of human non-typhoidal salmonellosis

Hoelzer, Karin; Moreno Switt, Andrea Isabel; Wiedmann, Martin

doi:10.1186/1297-9716-42-34

Veterinary Research

Table 1 Documented reports of Salmonella transmissions from mammals to humans available in the peer-reviewed literature or otherwise published by public health agencies

From: Animal contact as a source of human non-typhoidal salmonellosis

Outbreak source	Year	*Salmonella* serotype	Type of contact	Human cases	Country	Reference
Livestock
Cattle	2005^a	Stanley	occupational (dead calf delivery); pustular dermatitis	1	UK	[36]
Cattle	2004	Newport	public setting	6	USA	[35]
Cattle	2003	Newport	public setting	3	USA	[35]
Cattle	2002	Newport	public setting	6	USA	[35]
Cattle	2001	Newport	farm visit; potentially raw milk consumption	4	USA	[35]
Cattle	2000	Typhimurium	farm day camp	1	USA	[35, 304]
Cattle	1998	Typhimurium	household or farm environment	1	USA	[305]
Cattle	1990	Virchow	occupational (dead calf delivery); dermatitis	2	Netherlands	[306]
Cattle	1983	Newport	farm environment, nocosomial, feed-borne	1	USA	[307]
Cattle	1979	Dublin	farm environment, nocosomial, potentially raw milk	n/a	USA	[307]
Cattle	1976	Heidelberg	farm environment, secondary perinatal &nocosomial	n/a	USA	[307]
Cattle	1975	Dublin	occupational (dead calf delivery); pustular dermatitis; 3 cases	3	UK	[308]
Cattle	1973	Saintpaul	occupational (dead calf delivery); folliculitis	3	Canada	[309]
Cattle	1973	Typhimurium	farm environment, animal feed pot. source	n/a	USA	[307]
Cattle	1972	Typhimurium	occupational, farm environment	n/a	USA	[307]
Cattle	1969	Dublin	occupational (dead calf delivery); pustular dermatitis	1	UK	[308]
Cattle	1965	Typhimurium	farm environment, cow and newborn calf	2	Canada	[310]
Cattle	1948	Typhimurium	farm environment, household, well water	7	Canada	[311]
Cattle/Pigs	2001	Typhimurium	farm or household (contaminated clothes)	1	Netherlands	[37]
Pigs	2005	Typhimurium	public setting; potentially environmental	19	USA	[35]
Sheep	1998-2003^b	Brandenburg	occupational, household, prob. secondary dogs	n/a	New Zealand	[97]
Sheep/Cattle	1991-1993	Typhimurium	occupational, household, farm environment	9	UK	[73]
Sheep	1975	Typhimurium	occupational, farm environment, secondary dog infected	1	UK	[72]
Livestock	2000	Typhimurium	petting zoo, animal source unclear	18	US	[303]
Livestock	1991	Typhimurium	science fair, animal source unclear	5	US	[303]
Equines
Horse	2001	Newport	state fair, horse clinically sick	2	USA	[35]
Horse	1995/1996	Typhimurium	occupational, veterinary hospital, secondary ruminants	2	USA	[145, 312]
Horse	1976	Typhimurium	occupational, veterinary hospital, secondary dog	1	USA	[313]
Horse	1967/1968	Typhimurium	occupational, veterinary hospital, complex epidemiology	2 - 14*	UK	[314]
Horse	1936	Abortusequi	occupational, gynecological exam, developed abscess	1	Japan	[315]
Canines & Felines
Cat	1999	Typhimurium	occupational, veterinary clinic	10	USA	[316]
Cat	1999	Typhimurium	household, secondary daycare contact, shelter cats	7	USA	[316]
Cat	1999	Typhimurium	occupational, veterinary clinic, secondary environmental	3	USA	[316]
Cat/Dog	2003	Typhimurium	occupational, veterinary clinic, household infections	7	USA	[317]
Cat/wild birds	1999	Typhimurium	household, prob. complex transmissions	n/a	Sweden	[318]
Cat/Dog	1973	Typhimurium	household, dog and cat breeder, common food source	4	Canada	[319]
Dog	1974	Enteritidis	household	1	USA	[148]
Dog	1952	Paratyphi B	household	1	UK	[320]
Dog	1938	Glostrup	household, pot. common food source	6	Denmark	[321, 322]
Dog	1937	Paratyphi B¹	household	6	Norway	[322, 323]
Dog	1938	Paratyphi B	household, caused abortion in bitch	4	Sweden	[322, 324]
Pet food & Treats
Dry pet food	2006-2008	Schwarzengrund	household	70	USA	[325]
Pet treats	2004/2005	Thompson	household	9	USA & Canada	[326]
Pet treats	2002	Newport	household	5	Canada	[327]
Pet treats	1999	Infantis	household, dogs potential shedders	12	Canada	[328]
Rodents
Guinea pig	2000	Oranienburg	household, guinea pig soft-tissue abscess and died	1	USA	[329]
Guinea pig	1967	Enteritidis	breeding colony in household	3	Canada	[330]
Rodents	2005/2006	Typhimurium	classroom or household, snakes fed frozen rodents	7 - 21*	USA	[331]
Rodents	2003/2004	Typhimurium	household, sick pet rodents, secondary household	15 - 28*	USA	[332]
Non-traditional mammalian pets/wildlife
Hedgehogs	2002	Typhimurium	household, potentially eggs	6	Australia	[333]
Hedgehogs	2000/2001	Typhimurium	unclear, wild animals, potentially contaminated produce	37	Norway	[192]
Hedgehogs	1996	Typhimurium	unclear, wild animals, potentially contaminated produce, 2 outbreaks	28 - 65*	Norway	[192]
Hedgehogs	1995-1997	Tiliene	household, pet hedgehogs, multiple outbreaks, interspecies transmission	9	Canada	[334]
Hedgehogs	1994/1995^c	Typhimurium	household, pet hedgehog	1	Canada	[196]
Hedgehogs	1994	Tiliene	household, pet hedgehog, indirect contact, breeding herd in household	1	USA	[335]
Sugar glider	1995	Tiliene	household	1	Canada	[334]
Wallaby	2003	Enteritidis	farm environment, traveling petting zoo	17	USA	[35]

¹ identical to serotype Abortuscanis
^a estimated time of outbreak, exact time not specified; ^b estimated time period for prolonged nationwide outbreak; ^c exact time of outbreak not specified more precisely; * exact number of cases unclear; n/a exact number of cases not specified

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