CDC: A multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to contact with pet hedgehogs.
June 1st, 2019
At A Glance
- Reported Cases: 27
- States: 17
- Hospitalizations: 2
- Deaths: 0
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- Since the last update on March 29, 2019, illnesses in an additional 10 people and six states have been added to this investigation.
- Twenty-seven people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 17 states.
- Two people were hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.
- Forty-two percent are children aged 12 or younger.
- Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicate that contact with pet hedgehogs is the likely source of this outbreak.
- In interviews, 18 (90%) of 20 ill people reported contact with a hedgehog.
- A common source of hedgehogs has not been identified.
- The outbreak strain making people sick was identified in samples collected from 10 hedgehogs in Minnesota, including 5 hedgehogs from the homes of five ill patients……”