Outbreak
OUTBREAK
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Salmonella
Severity
335 people sick, 9 hospitalized and 1 dead. Majority of the cases are outside of the US. Most interviewed cases reported consumption of chicken meat including chicken kebabs. As the exact source(s) have not been identified, new cases are likely to occur in this prolonged multi-country outbreak.
Who's At Risk?
Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
Symptoms
Symptoms include fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea (which may be bloody), and abdominal pain. In rare cases, the organism can get into the bloodstream and producing more severe illness such as arterial infections (i.e. infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.