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An outbreak of Salmonella serogroup Saphra due to cantaloupes from Mexico
J C Mohle-Boetani1, R Reporter, S B Werner
1Disease Investigations Section, DISB, DCDC, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA. jmohlebo@dhs.ca.gov
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
|September 9, 1999
Abstract:
An outbreak of Salmonella serogroup Saphra (S. saphra) infections was studied by laboratory-based surveillance, case-control and trace-back studies, and a survey of cantaloupe preparation practices. Twenty-four patients with S. saphra infections had illness onsets between 23 February and 15 May 1997; 75% were