Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to Ground Turkey

Persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg, by state as of September 14, 2011*

*n=119 for whom information was reported as of September 12, 2011

A total of 119 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 32 states between February 27 and August 29, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1), Arizona (3), California (6), Colorado (4), Georgia (2), Illinois (15), Indiana (1), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (1), Massachusetts (3), Maryland (1), Michigan (12), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (1), Missouri (5), Nebraska (2), Nevada (1), New Jersey (1), New York (2), North Carolina (3), Ohio (11), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (6), South Dakota (3), Tennessee (2), Texas (16), Utah (1), and Wisconsin (4).