Multistate Salmonella Poona Outbreak

A multistate Salmonella Poona outbreak linked to imported cucumbers occurred September 4, 2015. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), such outbreak has spread throughout the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas , California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois , Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska , Nevada, New Mexico , New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas , Utah , Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The illness infected range in age from 1 year to 99. Roughly about fifty percent of affected people were children younger than eighteen years. The outbreak was investigated, traced and identified that cucumbers imported from Mexico were carrying the bacteria. From date of the initial outbreak, updated were given and the number of people infected were reported to be increasing. The initial number of people was recorded to be 285 in 27 states, proceeding update was done September 9. The outbreak infected 56 new people, increasing to total concluding at 341 in 30 states. The outbreak continued and updated results concluded as 418 infected people for case update on September 15. By September 22, a total of 558 people were reported to be ill by the Salmonella Poona outbreak.