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Volume 10, Number 10—October 2004
Research

Egg Quality Assurance Programs and Egg-associated Salmonella Enteritidis Infections, United States

Gerald A. Mumma*Comments to Author , Patricia M. Griffin*, Martin I. Meltzer*, Chris R. Braden*, and Robert V. Tauxe*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Figure 1

Reported isolates per 100,000 persons of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis by region, United States, 1970–1999. New England: Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania. Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington. Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah. Other states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minne

Figure 1. Reported isolates per 100,000 persons of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis by region, United States, 1970–1999. New England: Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania. Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington. Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah. Other states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia, Wisconsin. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Salmonella Surveillance System (1).

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