| multistate outbreaks of salmonella serotype poona infections associated with eating cantaloupe from mexico--united states and canada, 2000-2002. | three multistate outbreaks of salmonella serotype poona infections associated with eating cantaloupe imported from mexico occurred in the spring of consecutive years during 2000-2002. in each outbreak, the isolates had indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) patterns; the pfge patterns observed in the 2000 and 2002 outbreaks were indistinguishable, but the pattern from 2001 was unique among them. outbreaks were identified first by the california department of health services (2 ... | 2002 | 12487526 |