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Date:    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:18:49 -0400

From:    Becky Smith <BSmith@AAHPERD.ORG>

Subject: FW: CNHEO: Fwd: FW: ****Center's for Disease Control and Prevention ****Salmonella Outbreak: Update***

From: CDC IMS JIC Coumunity Outreach/Education (CDC) [mailto:eocjiccoet@cdc.gov]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:46 AM
To: Green, D'Angela T. (CDC/CCHIS/NCHM) (CTR)
Cc: CDC IMS JIC Lead (CDC); CDC IMS JIC Tasker (CDC); CDC IMS JIC Coumunity Outreach/Education (CDC)
Subject: ****Center's for Disease Control and Prevention ****Salmonella Outbreak: Update***
Importance: High

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES          Public Health Service

                                                                                                                                Centers for Disease Control

                                                                                                                                                                           And Prevention (CDC)

                                                                                                                                                                           Atlanta, GA 30333

June 26, 2008

Dear  CDC Partners,

Since April, 707 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 34 states and the District of Columbia. These were identified because clinical laboratories in all states send Salmonella strains from ill persons to their State public health laboratory for characterization. The increase in reported ill persons since the last update is not thought to be due to a large number of new infections.

CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the Indian Health Service, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate the ongoing multi-state outbreak of human Salmonella serotype Saintpaul infections.

For more information about the outbreak, about the investigation, and for prevention guidance please refer to the below links of additional resources available on the CDC website: 

General Information about Salmonella http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/
Specific Information on Current Salmonella Issues: Investigation of Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Saintpaul   http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/saintpaul/

FDA information on this investigation can be found at: http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/tomatoes.html
CDC is committed to helping keep communities affected by Salmonella Saintpaul safe and healthy.  If you have any additional questions and concerns that are not addressed in this information you may call the CDC Hotline at 1-800-CDC-INFO (toll free) for calls originating in the United States.  If you have questions for CDC's Community Health Education Team, please call 404-639-2912. 

You are welcome to distribute this information. 
Thank you,
D'Angela T. Green
Health Education Specialist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Emergency Risk Communication Branch
404.639.2912- Office
404.838.7179 - Mobile

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Kathleen Mullen Conley, PhD
Coordinator, Coalition of National Health Education Organizations (CNHEO)
Professor and Health Education Program Coordinator
Eastern Michigan University
http://people.emich.edu/kconley