TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Salmonella Infections (Nontyphoidal) A1 - Healy, Jessica M. A1 - Tauxe, Robert V. A1 - Bruce, Beau B. A2 - Boulton, Matthew L. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. PY - 2022 T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e AB - Salmonellosis is the general term for infection caused by bacteria in the genus Salmonella, excluding Salmonella Typhi and three other typhoidal bioserotypes (i.e., Paratyphi A, Paratyphi B tartrate-negative, and Paratyphi C) that cause typhoid or enteric fever. Salmonellosis is a common gastrointestinal infection in the United States and around the world. Each year, an estimated 1.22 million Salmonella infections occur in the United States, and approximately 150 foodborne outbreaks of salmonellosis are investigated and reported by public health officials1,2 (Fig. 111-1). Large and severe outbreaks of salmonellosis have driven major advances in public health surveillance and prevention, such as routine serotyping of clinical isolates in public health laboratories to determine major strains responsible for illness and to detect outbreaks.3 The many types of Salmonella have become adapted to number of different host animals, particularly reptiles, amphibians, birds, and a variety of mammals, in which they usually cause little observed illness. Part of the adaptation includes strategies to reach the next generation of hosts by silently contaminating fertile eggs or mammalian milk. Humans can encounter the bacteria in their food supply, in water or other environmental sources, and through direct contact with animals carrying it. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182665243 ER -