ATLANTA, July 23 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials said Monday a multistate outbreak of human salmonella infections has been linked to live poultry.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said a total of 37 people were infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Hadar in 11 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Thirty-seven percent of people ill were children age 10 or younger.