SALMONELLOSIS - USA: (IOWA, NEBRASKA, OKLAHOMA) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

PLEASE NOTE: According to this article from our own National Security Office,  the Salmonellosis bacteria was first cultured in a PIG -intestine in the 1800's; http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/bio-salmonella.htm

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Date: Sat 2 Oct 2010

Source: NewsOK [edited]







The Oklahoma salmonellosis outbreak has risen to 15 identified cases

in 3 counties. The state Health Department's investigation also

determined the outbreak may extend into 2 other states. The department

is monitoring the outbreak of a similar strain of _Salmonella_

identified in Iowa and Nebraska, said Laurence Burnsed, the Oklahoma

Health Department's communicable disease division director. Those

states are reporting just a couple of cases, so far.



An additional 2 cases were identified Fri 1 Oct 2010, among

elementary-age children in the Mustang School District in Canadian

County, for a total of 12 cases there. Also previously confirmed were

2 adult cases in Oklahoma County, including one person hospitalized.

Carter County also has a young adult with a confirmed case of

salmonellosis. So far, they have not been able to identify sources or

possible sources of the bacterial disease.



It appears that not all the Oklahoma cases are tied to the school

system. The source could be food that is widely distributed to several

areas of the state, he said, but there's not enough information yet to

suggest a food that people should avoid.



Health Department staffers spent Fri 1 Oct 2010 interviewing ill

adults, parents of ill children, as well as 45 area people who are

well. Comparing activities and foods eaten by both groups helps the

department to piece together a pattern of the illness. But staffers

need to interview more people and evaluate more data. Burnsed said

it's difficult to say how long that will take.



[Byline: Sonya Colberg]



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[Likely foodborne, this outbreak appears to be present so far in 3

states in the USA midwest. The outbreak serotype is not stated; ProMED

would like to know what it is. - Mod.LL/JW]



[see also:

Salmonellosis, serotype Enteritidis - USA (07): eggs 20100910.3276

Salmonellosis, serotype Enteritidis - USA: eggs, alert, recall 20100817.2846

Salmonellosis, ST Hartford, Baildon - USA: fast food chain 20100806.2661

Salmonellosis, restaurant - USA: (CO), undercooked eggs 20100805.2653

Salmonellosis, reptile feed - UK, USA (02) 20100806.2662

Salmonellosis, reptile feed - UK, USA: st Typhimurium DT 191A 20100730.2555

Salmonellosis, reptile feed - USA: recall 20100729.2545

Salmonellosis - Canada: (ON, BC) headcheese, alert 20100726.2499

Salmonellosis, unpasteurized milk - USA (02): (UT) serotype Newport

20100709.2287

Salmonellosis, unpasteurized milk - USA: (UT) 20100517.1616

Salmonellosis, serotype Hvittingfoss - USA: (IL) restaurant chain

20100609.1932

Salmonellosis, serotype Newport - USA (02): sprouts, alert, recall

20100604.1855

Salmonellosis, serotype Newport - USA: sprouts, alert, recall 20100522.1701

Salmonellosis, salami - USA (07): black & red pepper 20100313.0804

Salmonellosis, salami - USA: alert, recall 20100124.0270]

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