• A Shigella sonnei outbreak traced to imported basil - The importance of good typing tools and produce traceability systems, Norway, 2011 

      Guzman Herrador, Bernardo; Nilsen, Einar; Cudjoe, Kofitsyo S; Jensvoll, Laila; Kvamme, Jan-Magnus; Lindegård Aanstad, Anja; Lindstedt, Bjørn Arne; Nygård, Karin Maria; Severinsen, G; Werner-Johansen, Ø; Wester, Astrid Louise; Wiklund, Marit; Vold, Line (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      On 9 October 2011, the University Hospital of North Norway alerted the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) about an increase in Shigella sonnei infections in Tromsø. The isolates had an identical ‘multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis’ (MLVA) profile. Most cases had consumed food provided by delicatessen X. On 14 October, new S. sonnei cases with the same MLVA-profile were reported ...