Multinational Outbreak of Salmonella enterica Serotype Newport Infections Due to Contaminated Alfalfa Sprouts
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An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning in Oregon and British Columbia was traced to contaminated alfalfa sprouts. Beginning in December 1995, 133 people in Oregon and British Columbia developed food poisoning caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Newport (SN). Forty-one percent had eaten alfalfa sprouts, compared to 4% of a similar group of healthy people. In the fall of 1995, a similar outbreak occurred in Vermont and was also traced to alfalfa sprouts. Investigators were able to grow the bacterium from samples of alfalfa provided from one European company. Both outbreaks were traced to this company.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Epidemic Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease in Oregon: The Evolving Epidemiology of the ET-5 Strain
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A recent outbreak of serogroup B meningococcal disease in Oregon was caused almost exclusively by a strain called enzyme type 5 (ET-5). Meningococcal disease is an infection of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. This bacterium occurs in 13 serogroups. In 1994 in Oregon, the rate of serogroup B disease had more than doubled compared to 1987-1992. In children 15 to 19 years old, the rate was 13 times higher. Of 99 Neisseria meningitidis isolates obtained from 1993-1995, 88 belonged to the ET-5 complex and 69 were a single clone.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections traced to jerky made from deer meat
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In 1995, an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection was traced to beef jerky made from deer meat. An investigation by the Oregon health department uncovered 6 confirmed and 5 presumed cases of the infection. Nine cases occurred in an extended family of three households. The remaining two had been visitors. All but one had eaten jerky made from a deer killed a week before the outbreak. The bacterium was found in samples of deer meat and in deer fecal pellets recovered from the nearby forest.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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