| Outbreak: Salmonella and backyard poultry | |
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| Product: Chicks, chickens, ducks, ducklings | Investigation Start Date: 06/26/15 |
| Location: Multi-state | Etiology: Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Indiana, & Salmonella Muenchen |
| Earliest known case onset date: 01/03/2015 | Latest case onset date: 09/07/2015 |
| Confirmed Case Count: 252 | Positive Samples: 0 |
| Hospitalizations: 63 | Deaths: 0 |
OUTBREAK SUMMARY:
In January 2015, a coast to coast outbreak infected 252 people with five different strains of Salmonella infections: Salmonella Enteritidis, Salmonella Hadar, Salmonella Indiana, Salmonella Muenchen, and Salmonella Muenster. By the end of the outbreak on September 6th, 2015, all but 7 U.S. states had at least one person ill. 63 people were hospitalized but thankfully no one died. Click the following link to view the CDC outbreak page.
