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Another Peanut Butter Death – The Toll Now reaches
six – ID, MN, VA and NC Source of Article: http://www.marlerblog.com/ Yesterday, the CDC
reported 448 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number
of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona
(8), Arkansas (4), California (60), Colorado (10), Connecticut (8), Georgia
(6), Hawaii (1), Idaho (10), Illinois (5), Indiana (3), Iowa (1), Kansas (2),
Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (7), Massachusetts (40), Michigan (25),
Minnesota (33), Missouri (8), Mississippi (1), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire
(11), New Jersey (18), New York (18), Nevada (5), North Carolina (1), North
Dakota (10), Ohio (57), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (5), Pennsylvania (13), Rhode
Island (4), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (8), Texas (6), Utah (3), Vermont
(4), Virginia (20), Washington (13), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (3), and
Wyoming (2). Among the 432 persons with dates available, illnesses began
between September 08 and December 31, 2008. Patients range in age from <1
to 98 years; 48% are female. Among persons with available information, 22%
reported being hospitalized. Infection may have contributed to five deaths. |
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