Surface Water Contaminated With Salmonella More Common Than Thought

A new University of Georgia study suggests that health agencies investigating Salmonella illnesses should consider untreated surface water as a possible source of contamination. Researchers, whose results appear in the March issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, tested water over a one-year period in rivers and streams in a region of south Georgia known for its high rate of sporadic salmonella cases.

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on March 8th, 2009