Background: Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Uganda (antigenic formula: 3,{10},{15}:1,z13:1,5) is a Group O:3,10 (E1) serovar. 

NCBI PD link for serovar Uganda: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pathogens/isolates/#(taxgroup_name:%22Salmonella%20enterica%22)%20AND%20computed_types:(%22serotype=Uganda%22)

Genetic characteristics:

Animal reservoir: Serovar Uganda has been isolated from cattle, pigs, camels, and chickens.

Geographical distribution: Serovar Uganda is widely distributed, reports of this serovar include countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Human outbreaks: 

YearLocationAssociated sourceNumber of cases
2022US: multistatePet bearded dragons56
2019US: multistatePapayas81

2013

US: LAHog head cheese6
2011US: multistateCantaloupe25
2001US: NYPork11
2001US: ChicagoPork12

Border rejections: 

Year

Exporting country

Importing country

Associated source

Product category

2022SyriaGermanySesame paste/Tahina1Nuts, nut products and seeds

1 Consignment was released later.

Recalls:

YearLocationRecalled foodType
2019US: LAHog head cheese1Meat and meat products (other than poultry)

1 This recall was caused by a outbreak described above. Stallings Head Cheese Co., Inc., a Houston, Texas establishment, issued a recall of 4,700 pounds of their hog head cheese.

Relevant links:

  1. https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/outbreaks/uganda-01-22/investigation.html
  2. https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/salmonella/uganda-06-19/index.html
  3. https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/salmonella-uganda-outbreak-linked-to-head-cheese-in-louisiana/#:~:text=Illness%20onset%20dates%20among%20the,20%202013%E2%80%B3on%20each%20package.
  4. https://outbreakdatabase.com/outbreaks/2011-multistate-outbreak-of-salmonella-uganda-infections-linked-to-cantaloupe
  5. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3320290/
  6. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/screen/notification/580204


  1. https://aem.asm.org/content/aem/77/5/1783.full.pdf
  2. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0168160516300216?token=113AE6BF7CAC8A11FE45FF848710C9AC652BECF05168C34F55BFD6B193282DAA67A224183A6F4C9999A373FC4B875CCD
  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320290/
  4. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom/news-releases-statements-transcripts/news-release-archives-by-year/news-release-2013/!ut/p/a0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOINAg3MDC2dDbz83RzdDDz9jN3CLPzcDQ1cTfULsh0VAYsoRDc!/?1dmy&current=true&urile=wcm%3apath%3a%2FFSIS-Content%2Finternet%2Fmain%2Ftopics%2Frecalls-and-public-health-alerts%2Frecall-case-archive%2Farchive%2F2013%2Frecall-007-2013-release
  5. https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/uganda-06-19/index.html