Salmonella Bovismorbificans was the most common serotype confirmed in October in New Zealand, according to monthly surveillance data.
The total number of human Salmonella isolates (95) confirmed last month decreased
Foodborne outbreaks affected more than 2,000 and killed nine people in Australia in 2012, according to the latest OzFoodNet annual report.
OzFoodNet sites reported 144 outbreaks of foodborne and
At least 17 people became sick after two events catered by the same Seattle caterer on March 3, spurring an outbreak investigation by the county and state health departments.
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Public health officials in California are praising the “swift and decisive action” of the Souplantation chain, which temporarily closed a restaurant in Camarillo in the midst of a shigellosis outbreak
With 177 shigellosis cases reported between March 1 and Oct. 26 from Michigan’s Genesee and Saginaw counties and no source yet identified, state and county health officials have called
Public health and school officials in Randolph County, MO, are investigating an outbreak of Shigellosis that they have been quietly monitoring for weeks.
The county health department issued a news
Along with the highly publicized lead contamination of its water supply, Flint, MI, also bears the dubious distinction of having the highest number of Shigella cases in the state. The
It’s difficult to summarize what happened on the animal antibiotics front this year. There were lots of pledges, lots of discussions and lots of reports, but not very many
Oct. 28 update: As of Tuesday night, Oct. 27, the number of outbreak-associated cases of Shigella reported to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department stands at 190. There are
“My husband ate at this restaurant on Friday 10/16/2015 and was admitted to the ICU with a bacterial infection from food poisioning [sic],” Kari F. wrote on the
Research conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests a greater proportion of Shigella infections in the United States are now resistant to a very
Salmonella causes an estimated $3.7 billion each year in medical costs for Americans, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.
