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Salmonella outbreak over: CDC
by Outspoken on Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:17 pm
Salmonella outbreak over: CDC
By Maggie Fox
Reuters Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of an unusual strain of Salmonella that sickened more than 1,400 people and put 286 in the hospital appears to be over in the United States, federal health officials said on Thursday.
They said jalapeno and serrano peppers from Mexico were the main source of the outbreak, the largest in a decade, and said the outbreak shows there is more need for monitoring fresh fruits and vegetables.
"It appears that this outbreak is over," Dr. Robert Tauxe of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters on a telephone briefing.
"Preliminary epidemiologic and microbiologic results to date support the conclusion that jalapeno peppers were a major vehicle by which the pathogen was transmitted, and serrano peppers also were a vehicle; tomatoes possibly were a vehicle, particularly early in the outbreak," the CDC said in its weekly report on death and disease.
The outbreak of Salmonella StPaul, which began in April, sickened 1,442 people and may have contributed to the deaths of two elderly men, the CDC said.
The uncommon strain responsible for the outbreak was detected at two Mexican farms in the state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, the CDC said. It was found on a pepper at one farm and in the water at the other.
Salmonella poisoning, which causes diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps, is common, with 36,000 cases and 400 deaths each year in the United States alone. Nationwide, 76 million cases of food poisoning occur each year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/salmonella_usa_dc;_ylt=AtwN0xijEqapLaJhpSyXAPSs0NUE
(Fred Prouser/Reuters)
By Maggie Fox
Reuters Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of an unusual strain of Salmonella that sickened more than 1,400 people and put 286 in the hospital appears to be over in the United States, federal health officials said on Thursday.
They said jalapeno and serrano peppers from Mexico were the main source of the outbreak, the largest in a decade, and said the outbreak shows there is more need for monitoring fresh fruits and vegetables.
"It appears that this outbreak is over," Dr. Robert Tauxe of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters on a telephone briefing.
"Preliminary epidemiologic and microbiologic results to date support the conclusion that jalapeno peppers were a major vehicle by which the pathogen was transmitted, and serrano peppers also were a vehicle; tomatoes possibly were a vehicle, particularly early in the outbreak," the CDC said in its weekly report on death and disease.
The outbreak of Salmonella StPaul, which began in April, sickened 1,442 people and may have contributed to the deaths of two elderly men, the CDC said.
The uncommon strain responsible for the outbreak was detected at two Mexican farms in the state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, the CDC said. It was found on a pepper at one farm and in the water at the other.
Salmonella poisoning, which causes diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps, is common, with 36,000 cases and 400 deaths each year in the United States alone. Nationwide, 76 million cases of food poisoning occur each year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/salmonella_usa_dc;_ylt=AtwN0xijEqapLaJhpSyXAPSs0NUE
(Fred Prouser/Reuters)
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