Salmonella Outbreak in Limestone County, Alabama

The Athens, Alabama, News-Courier is reporting an outbreak of Salmonellosis in Limestone County that has infected at least 45 people and hospitalized five of them.  Many of those infected attended a recent fundraiser.

According to the article, between Saturday, October 5 and Tuesday, October 8, a number of people in and around Limestone County experienced symptoms including diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps and fever.  Eight cases have so far been confirmed.  The state department of health is trying to confirm the others as well as where the victims were infected.  Some officials have stated that a number of victims ate food served at the annual bean dinner fundraiser for the Foundation on Aging in Athens, Alabama.  The full article can be read here.

 

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