start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=10 cd-vols= no-issue=10 article-no= start-page=904 end-page=906 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2013 dt-pub=20130925 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=An outbreak of foodborne gastroenteritis caused by dual pathogens, Salmonella enterica serovar Weltevreden and Vibrio fluvialis in Kolkata, India en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= Salmonella enterica serovar Weltevreden and Vibrio fluvialis were identified as etiological agents of a foodborne gastroenteritis outbreak after an Iftar feast in North Dumdum. Of the 278 cases admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kolkata, 44 stool samples were tested for the enteric pathogens. Six were positive for Salmonella Weltevreden, 5 for Vibrio fluvialis, and 8 contained both of the pathogens. Consumption of mutton-ghogni might have been the likely vehicle of this outbreak. In the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, Salmonella Weltevreden was identified as a single clone but the V. fluvialis strains were heterogeneous. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ChowdhuryGoutam en-aut-sei=Chowdhury en-aut-mei=Goutam kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=Sarkar Anirban en-aut-sei=Sarkar en-aut-mei= Anirban kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=PazhaniGururaja P. en-aut-sei=Pazhani en-aut-mei=Gururaja P. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MukhopadhyayAsish K. en-aut-sei=Mukhopadhyay en-aut-mei=Asish K. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=BhattacharyaMihir K. en-aut-sei=Bhattacharya en-aut-mei=Mihir K. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=RamamurthyThandavarayan en-aut-sei=Ramamurthy en-aut-mei=Thandavarayan kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil=National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases kn-affil= affil-num=2 en-affil=National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases kn-affil= affil-num=3 en-affil=National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases kn-affil= affil-num=4 en-affil=National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases kn-affil= affil-num=5 en-affil=National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases kn-affil= affil-num=6 en-affil=National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases kn-affil= en-keyword=Diarrhoea kn-keyword=Diarrhoea en-keyword=S. Weltevredan kn-keyword=S. Weltevredan en-keyword=V. fluvialis kn-keyword=V. fluvialis END