Latest Outbreak Information
At A Glance
- Reported Cases: 279
- States: 41
- Hospitalizations: 40
- Deaths: 0
- Since the last update on May 16, 2019, illnesses in an additional 227 people and 20 states have been added to this investigation. Four Salmonella serotypes have also been added.
- A total of 279 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella have been reported from 41 states.
- 40 (26%) people have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported.
- 70 (30%) people are children younger than 5 years.
- Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicate that contact with backyard poultry, such as chicks and ducklings, from multiple hatcheries is the likely source of these outbreaks.
- In interviews, 118 (77%) of 153 ill people reported contact with chicks or ducklings.
- People reported obtaining chicks and ducklings from several sources, including agricultural stores, websites, and hatcheries.
- One of the outbreak strains making people sick has been identified in samples collected from backyard poultry in Ohio.
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