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Bella Chueh, last updated by Renato Hohl Orsi on Jun 13, 2025
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Background: Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Rissen (antigenic formula XXXX) is a serovar of the O:6,7 (X) serogroup. This serovar was first isolated from HOST in LOCATION in YEAR. Serovar Rissen is the XXth most common nontyphoidal Salmonella serotype isolated from human infections in LOCATION and is also among the top 20 most frequently reported Salmonella serotypes in the United States.
NCBI PD link for serovar Rissen: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pathogens/isolates/#taxgroup_name:(%22Salmonella%20enterica%22)%20AND%20computed_types:(%22serotype=Rissen%22)
Genetic characteristics:
Animal reservoir:
Geographical distribution:
Human outbreaks: XX outbreaks linked to Salmonella Rissen have been associated with SOURCES. Some examples are shown below.
Year | Location | Associated source | Number of cases |
2022 | Europe: multi-country | 72 | |
2011 | US: multistate | 106 | |
2008 | US: multistate | 28 | |
2008 | Europe: multi-country | 119 | |
2004 | France | 141 | |
2002 | Germany | 42 | |
1998 | US: multistate | 209 |
Border rejections: Multiple border rejections associated with serovar Rissen have been reported. Here we selected NUMBER as examples.
Year | Exporting country | Importing country | Associated source | Product category |
| 2024 | Poland | Italy | Poultry meat and poultry meat products | |
| 2022 | China | Sweden | Feed materials |
Recalls: Multiple recalls associated with serovar Rissen have been reported. Here we selected NUMBER as examples.
| Year | Location | Recalled food | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | France | Infant formula1 | Ultra-processed food |
| 1998 | US: multistate | Toasted Oats Cereal2 | Ready-to-Eat food |
1 This recall was caused by an outbreak of Salmonella enterica serovar Agona associated with infant formula products manufactured by the Lactalis Nutrition Santé group in France.
2 This recall was caused by an multistate outbreak of Salmonella serovar Agona infections linked to toasted oats cereal manufactured by Malt-O-Meal.
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