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Recurrent multistate outbreak of Salmonella Newport associated with tomatoes from contaminated fields, 2005.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Feb 2008
Greene S K, Daly E R, Talbot E A, Demma L J, Holzbauer S, Patel N J, Hill T A, Walderhaug M O, Hoekstra R M, Lynch M F, Painter J A
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Salmonella Newport causes more than an estimated 100,000 infections annually in the United States. In 2002, tomatoes grown and packed on the eastern shore of Virginia contaminated with a pan-susceptible S. Newport strain caused illness in 510 patients in 26 states. In July-November 2005, the same strain caused illness in at least 72 patients in 16 states. We conducted a case-control study during the 2005...
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