| multiyear study of sludge application to farmland: prevalence of bacterial enteric pathogens and antibody status of farm families. | we describe our experience with the isolation of salmonellae from sewage sludge from four treatment plants in different geographic areas of ohio. over 3 years, we isolated salmonellae 50 times from 311 sludge samples. most isolations were made after enrichment in selenite broth (bbl microbiology systems, cockeysville, md.). the largest proportion of isolations came from the plant serving the population of columbus, a large metropolitan area. a significantly greater number of isolations from this ... | 1987 | 3606093 |
| notes from the field: multistate outbreak of salmonella infantis, newport, and lille infections linked to live poultry from a single mail-order hatchery in ohio--march-september, 2012. | in early 2012, three clusters of human salmonella infections were identified through pulsenet, a national network of public health and food regulatory agency laboratories coordinated by cdc that subtypes disease-causing organisms. initial investigations indicated many of the ill persons in these three clusters had contact with live poultry (e.g., chicks and ducklings) from a single mail-order hatchery; therefore, the three investigations were merged. during march 1-september 24, 2012, a total of ... | 2013 | 23515059 |