Outbreak of Central American born Shigella sonnei in two youth camps in Belgium in the summer of 2019.
An Van den BosschePieter-Jan CeyssensSarah DenayerNaïma HammamiMaaike van den BeldTimothy J DallmanWesley MattheusPublished in: European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology (2021)
In 2019, an outbreak of Shigella sonnei occurred during two youth camps in Belgium. The clustering of isolates from both camps was confirmed by next-generation sequencing, as well as a secondary infection of a technician. The outbreak strain clustered with internationally isolated strains from patients with recent travel history to Central America. This report exemplifies enhanced surveillance and international collaboration between public health institutes by enabling to link local outbreaks to region-specific sublineages circulating abroad.