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To the Editor: In their study of a national outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis infections associated with the consumption of ice cream (May 16 issue),¹ Hennessy and colleagues show how effective the appropriate use of epidemiologic tools can be. However, I question their nationwide estimates of infection. The data presented strongly suggest that cases were significantly more common in a specific area (southeastern Minnesota) than in other areas, findings possibly associated with a specific date of ice cream manufacture (August 26, 1994). The high concentration of cases in this area is not explained by increased testing alone.

It seems more likely . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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