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Food-borne Illness

Officials trace origin of salmonella outbreak

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 23rd, 2002

Texas health officials traced a salmonellosis outbreak that sickened at least 650 people to a hotel's salsa and an infected food service worker who prepared it each day.

The worker did not have symptoms of the disease but later tested positive, said Texas Health Department epidemiologist Kathleen Shupe-Ricksecker. Officials weren't sure how the worker became infected.

At least 650 people from all 50 states reported having had symptoms consistent with salmonellosis after eating the hotel's food in March or April, and about 50 were confirmed to have the bacterial illness. Eighty-four groups had meetings during those two months at the Wyndham...

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