salmonella

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  1. noun Any of various rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, many of which are pathogenic, causing food poisoning, typhoid, and paratyphoid fever in humans and other infectious diseases in domestic animals.

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  • "The DNA fingerprint of the salmonella is the same as the Nebraska cases, and all of the people involved have similar exposure to alfalfa sprouts."
  • A basic error on the production lines of a California processing plant is thought to have contaminated its pistachios with salmonella, a top federal food safety official said yesterday. —  Consumer Reports Electronics Blog
  • The following recalls have been announced because the products may be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems: —  KSL / U.S. / National
  • I teach nutrition - salmonella was discussed this year.
  • Minnesota health officials also said an elderly woman who died there had the illness at the time of her death, but it's not clear that salmonella was the cause. —  KUSA-TV -
 

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  1. New Latin Salmonella, genus name, after Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850-1914), American pathologist.
 

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