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isilzha · 07-10-2008, 12:17 AM

1,000 sickened in salmonella outbreak

By Stephen J. Hedges | Washington Bureau

9:13 PM CDT, July 9, 2008

WASHINGTON - Salmonella poisoning has sickened more than 1,000 people in 41 states, the District of Columbia and Canada, and federal health officials have now linked jalapeno and serrano peppers to the outbreak.

Illinois has reported 100 salmonella-related illnesses, the second highest total among affected states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 26 state residents have been hospitalized. Texas and New Mexico, where the outbreak was first detected, have 384 and 98 cases respectively.

As of Wednesday, 1,017 cases in all had been confirmed, with 203 hospitalizations. The death of a Texas man in his 80s has been linked to the outbreak, the Washington Post reported.

Officials from the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration said the outbreak is one of the largest in recent memory, and also one of the most complex.

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