date:Jul 16, 2012
But as with any outbreak, health officials can never say for certain that the contaminated product did not sicken, or even kill, more than those counted.
Now, just as Colorado cantaloupes return to store shelves for the new growing season, the foodborne pathogen tracking network known as PulseNet may have connected the cantaloupe outbreak to a listeriosis death in Montana.
The connection was made when PulseNet discovered that a clinical sample of Listeria from a 75-year-old Bozeman, Montana