date:Apr 25, 2014
sults published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
All the bacterial infections can originate in contaminated food, including raw meat, especially if food handlers do not maintain strict hand hygiene.
Most of the bacteria are also found in human fecal matter, which explains why the infections are most common in children under five years old, including toddlers who are not fully toilet trained.
Salmonella infections decreased by 9 percent between 2010 and 2012, but one