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Salmonella Saintpaul: what went wrong?
Sometime last April, people began to fall ill from a previously rare strain of Salmonella serotype Saintpaul. Intimations of an outbreak came first from New Mexico, which reported four cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on May 22. More cases were reported the next days from Texas and Colorado. That was just the beginning. Over a period of four months, cases would occur in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. Salmonella Saintpaul with Xbal pattern JN6X01. 0048 would eventually sicken more than 1,400 people. Two hundred and eighty-six people would be hospitalized. The infection would contribute to two deaths.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On June, 7 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a nationwide advisory warning consumers...See the full content of this document
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