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To: Fruitbat
Salmonella can be deadly. It's actually quite common. Most people get a little sick and shake it off in a day or so. They don't even realize they've had it. There were some studies done a while back. Not suprizing, it was found to be worst in California, in Mexican fast food joints.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no6/cummings.htm

There are many more if you look for them.

33 posted on 04/18/2006 9:55:11 PM PDT by Nathan Zachary
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To: Nathan Zachary; Fruitbat
Nathan Zachary wrote: "Salmonella can be deadly. It's actually quite common. Most people get a little sick and shake it off in a day or so. They don't even realize they've had it..."

The fatality rate for most forms of salmonellosis is 1%.

"S. typhi and S. paratyphi A, B, and C produce typhoid and typhoid-like fever in humans. Various organs may be infected, leading to lesions. The fatality rate of typhoid fever is 10% compared to less than 1% for most forms of salmonellosis.

S. dublin has a 15% mortality rate when septicemic in the elderly, and S. enteritidis is demonstrating approximately a 3.6% mortality rate in hospital/nursing home outbreaks, with the elderly being particularly affected."


USDA Food Safety: Salmonella spp


Nathan Zachary wrote: "...There were some studies done a while back. Not suprizing, it was found to be worst in California, in Mexican fast food joints..."

The study you cited found unwashed tomatoes and lettuce to be the source of salmonella.

Here's more from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration:

"It is estimated that from 2 to 4 million cases of salmonellosis occur in the U.S. annually.

The incidence of salmonellosis appears to be rising both in the U.S. and in other industrialized nations.

S. enteritidis isolations from humans have shown a dramatic rise in the past decade, particularly in the northeast United States (6-fold or more), and the increase in human infections is spreading south and west, with sporadic outbreaks in other regions."

USDA Food Safety: Salmonella spp

39 posted on 04/18/2006 10:20:12 PM PDT by bd476
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