US: Health investigators use props, patience to track down salmonella - (USA Today)
July 30, 2008 – 6:06 pmALBUQUERQUE There are the pit bulls, chained and unchained. The scary-looking guy with bloodshot eyes. The 37 houses in a row with people who don’t want to talk. The trailers in the middle of the desert with only a TV watching over a couple of kids.
The nation’s outbreak of salmonella saintpaul has been going on for four months. At least 1,307 have been sickened, and it’s not over yet. As state and federal officials zero in on jalapeños as the cause, the eventual conclusion of the investigation will be based on painstaking detective work.
It has been slow going, patient by patient, involving hundreds of public health workers nationwide. The information they collect not only will add to the understanding of this outbreak, but it also could open a window on the nature of how food-borne illnesses spread in this country.
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