Outbreak: Milk Crates, Cartons, & Jugs | |
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Product: Milk Crates, Cartons, & Jugs | Investigation Start Date: 01/27/2010 |
Location: Roseburg, Oregon | Etiology: Salmonella Braenderup |
Earliest known case onset date: 10/21/2009 | Latest case onset date: 10/01/2010 |
Confirmed / Presumptive Case Counts: 25 / 0 | Positive Samples (Food / Environmental): 15 / 500 |
Hospitalizations: 0 | Deaths: 0 |
OUTBREAK SUMMARY:
This outbreak illustrates the value of descriptive epidemiology and the virtue of epidemiologist persistence! Over a 12-month period during 2009–2010, a total of 25 infections by Salmonella Braenderup with matching PFGE patterns were reported—no more than 4 in any given month. After 3 scattered cases over 3 months, the … Continue Reading ››