date:Aug 31, 2012
Salmonella Agbeni -- unlike strains such as S. Enteriditis or S. Typhumurium -- is rarely responsible for human illness in North America. But in May of last year, this serotype sickened 8 people in British Columbia, causing illnesses that were unusual enough to prompt a special investigation into the outbreak.
The resulting study was published in the September 2012 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
While researchers were unable to pinpoint the source of the bacteria, they say that the u