Canadian Poultry Magazine

Salmonellosis – United States

By Canadian Poultry magazine   

Features Disease watch Health Diseases


DATE: May 11, 2018

LOCATION: Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia

DETAILS: Since the last update on April 16, 2018, 12 more ill people were added to this outbreak.

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Thirty-five people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Braenderup have been reported from nine states. Ill people range in age from one to 90 years, with a median age of 65. Fifty per cent of ill people are female. Of 28 people with information available, 11 (39 per cent) have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported.

SOURCE:
http://www.promedmail.org/post/5792603

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