Multistate outbreak of Salmonella poona infections--United States and Canada, 1991.
During June and July 1991, more than 400 laboratory-confirmed infections with Salmonella poona occurred in 23 states and in Canada. This report describes several investigations that indicated this was a large nationwide outbreak related to consumption of cantaloupes.
D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005638:Fruit / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D012478:Salmonella Food Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology