A rise in Salmonella infections in Sweden has been linked to the consumption of alfalfa sprouts.
Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public Health Agency of Sweden) said 92 people from 18 regions have been infected with one of 12 genetically closely related Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 36 variants.
Patients fell sick beginning in August. There are 60 women and 32 men who are ill. Cases range in age from 1 to 89 and the median is 44 years old. Most are in the age groups 0 to 10 and 40 to 50 years old.
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