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A Salmonella outbreak that sickened over 160 people in California and a handful of individuals in other states was caused by raw milk products from a single dairy farm, a new report explains. The outbreak — described Thursday (July 24) in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), which is published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — …

Investigation and Findings Case Identification A confirmed outbreak-associated case was defined as a laboratory-confirmed infection with S. Typhimurium with allele code SALM1.0 – 6745.4.2.1x that is closely related based on whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to other isolates in the same outbreak,† in a person with symptom onset (diarrhea, fever, vomiting, or abdominal pain) during September 15, 2023–May 4, 2024. This period …