The Ministry of Health is working with local and national authorities to determine the cause of an outbreak of Salmonella mbandaka, a strain rarely seen in New Zealand.
Nationally there have been 28 cases, 10 of which have occurred in the Nelson Marlborough district. A recent death occurred in an elderly woman in Nelson Hospital who had been infected with Salmonella mbandaka.
The Ministry’s Director of Public Health, Dr Mark Jacobs says the Ministry is working with the New Zealand Food Safety Authority, the country’s District Health Boards and ESR in an effort to determine the cause of the outbreak.
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