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Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016
Synopsis

Turtle-Associated Salmonellosis, United States, 2006–2014

Stacey BoschComments to Author , Robert Tauxe, and Casey Barton Behravesh
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table

Characteristics of 15 multistate outbreaks of human Salmonella enterica infections linked to turtle exposure, United States, 2006–2014*

Outbreak no., year† Duration, mo Serotype(s) Outbreak strain(s)‡ No. cases No. states No. hosp. No. deaths Median patient age, y (range)
1, 2006
 1
 I 4,[5],12:i-
 JPXX01.0621, JPXX01.1056
 4
 2
 1
 0
 10.0 (7–45)
2, 2007
 7
 Pomona
 POMX01.004, POMX01.002
 20
 11
 1
 1
 3.0 (<1–59)
3, 2007
 4
 Paratyphi B var. Java
 JKXX01.0014, JKXX01.0015, JKXX01.0038
 107
 34
 26
 0
 7.0 (1–87)
4, 2008
 8
 Typhimurium
 JPXX01.0416, JPXX01.0006
 135
 25
 29
 0
 7.0 (1–94)
5, 2009
 5
 Muenchen
 JJ6X01.0063
 10
 8
 0
 0
 10.0 (<1–60)
6, 2011
 14
 Paratyphi B var. Java
 JKXX01.0116
 132
 18
 13
 0
 6.0 (1–75)
7, 2012 30 Sandiego JLXX01.0053 124 22 15 0 6.0 (<1–85)
Newport
 JJPX01.1253
8, 2012
 25
 Pomona
 POMX01.0004
 23
 14
 5
 0
 5.5 (<1–89)
9, 2012 27 Poona JLX6X01.0104 58 22 16 0 3.5 (<1–84)
Sandiego
 JLXX01.0002
10, 2012
 8
 Sandiego
 JLXX01.0051
 7
 3
 1
 0
 10.0 (<1–65)
11, 2012
 32
 Pomona
 POMX01.0002
 120
 29
 19
 0
 2.0 (<1–94)
12, 2012
 20
 Poona
 JL6X01.0055
 78
 13
 8
 0
 3.0 (<1–83)
13, 2012
 4
 I 4,[5],12:i-
 JPXX01.1056
 19
 5
 3
 0
 2.0 (<1–33)
14, 2012
 8
 Typhimurium
 JPXX01.1048
 44
 11
 11
 0
 3.0 (<1–70)
15, 2014 7 Poona JL6X01.0055 40 12 8 0 5.0 (<1–75)

*Hosp., hospitalizations.
†Outbreaks are depicted in the year they were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For some, onset of illness may have occurred in preceding years.
‡Defined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis XbaI restriction enzyme pattern.

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