date:Aug 31, 2012
s the report.
The source of the bacteria in that U.S. jurisdiction was never located, says Taylor.
Before this outbreak, Salmonella Agbeni had rarely been recorded as a source of illness in Canada. Between 2000 and 2010, only 8 illnesses were reported in the country. None of these were in British Columbia. In the United States, 180 cases of Salmonella serotype Agbeni were reported between 1999 and 2009, according to survellance datafrom the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.