January 19, 2018
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
Salmonella outbreak: the Institut Pasteur first to issue the alert!
The French National Reference Center (CNR) for Salmonella based at the Institut Pasteur in Paris is in charge of microbiological surveillance of cases of human salmonella infection. In late November 2017, it was this CNR that alerted the authorities to the excessive number of salmonellosis cases in infants, and thus engaged the fight against the outbreak of salmonella infections linked to powdered baby milk – a story that has hit the headlines in recent weeks. The CNR's monitoring and alert role is part of France’s system dedicated to surveillance and prevention of these infections.