The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today posted a final investigation update for a Salmonella Reading outbreak that it first announced in July 2018, which reflects 79 new cases since its last report in February, lifting total cases to 358 in 42 states.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late last week recorded 21 more cases in an Escherichia coli O103 outbreak linked to ground beef, bringing the outbreak total to 177 illnesses.
One of the notable developments for 2018 was a spike in Cyclospora cases, likely the result of multiple factors, the CDC said.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday that 24 more people have been sickened in a multistate Salmonella Carrau outbreak linked to precut melon, raising the total to 117.
One more state—Iowa—has reported a related illness, lifting the number of affected states to 10.
The outbreak has reached 156 cases, as 113,000 pounds of ground beef are recalled.
All 8 patients required hospitalization, and the earliest case dates back to 2016.
Thirteen people in 7 states have been sickened, and the manufacturer has issued a recall.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case over the weekend in an update to its epidemiologic week 15 report.
On Apr 13, the MOH noted that a 75-year-old woman from Khafji had contracted MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) as a secondary case, meaning likely not from another MERS patient. It's unknown if she had camel contact.
Case counts climb to 109, making it the 3rd-largest E coli outbeak in 20 years.
A multistate Escherichia coli O103 outbreak from a still-unidentified source has sickened 24 more people, with 96 cases reported so far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday. The number of affected states remained at five: Kentucky (46 cases), Tennessee (26), Georgia (17), Ohio (5), and Virginia (2).
