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Volume 22, Number 10—October 2016
Synopsis

Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Associated with Live Poultry, United States, 1990–2014

Colin BaslerComments to Author , Thai-An Nguyen, Tara C. Anderson, Thane Hancock, and Casey Barton Behravesh
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 2

Selected exposure characteristics of patients in 21 multistate live poultry–associated salmonellosis outbreaks, United States, 2008–2013*

Characteristic No. (%) patients
Type of poultry, n = 822
Adult poultry 161 (20)
Baby poultry 511 (62)
Chicks only 316 (62)
Ducklings only 77 (15)
Chicks and ducklings
118 (23)
Contact location, n = 413
Indoors 188 (46)
Living room 41 (11)
Basement 57 (15)
Kitchen 22 (12)
Bedroom 18 (10)
Bathroom 18 (10)
Utility room/laundry room 17 (9)
Other indoor
44 (23)
Type of contact, n = 400
Touched 303 (76)
Held/snuggled 196 (49)
Kissed 53 (13)

*n values indicate number of respondents for each question.

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