WASHINGTON — USDA has reported that as of June 29, 2015, 181 people infected with the outbreak strains of salmonella have been reported from 40 states with 33 ill people being hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, public health veterinary, and agriculture officials in many states and USDA's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) are investigating four multistate outbreaks of human salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry.
Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback findings have linked these four outbreaks of human salmonella infections to contact with chicks, ducklings and other live. . .