S. Infantis was the only serotype isolated from all sample types:
humans, chickens and eggs. Seven of the twelve people interviewed
withS. Infantis indicated that they ate chicken in the week before
illness (58.3%); of these seven, six people ate chicken withinfive days
(50%) andfive people within three days of onset of illness (41.7%).
Eight answered that they had eaten eggs within a week (66.7%), and
of these eight, six ate eggs withinfive days (50%) and three within
three days before onset (25%). Four people withS. Infantis reported
that they did not eat eggs in the week prior to illness.S.Infantis was
the second most common serotype identified in all human study
participants (12 notifications) and the serotype most frequently
identified in chicken samples (28 chicken samples positive, or 20.3% of
all chicken samples collected).