A Salmonella Agbeni outbreak linked to ice in a contaminated cooler at the Brown county fair in Illinois in 2024 sickened at least 13 people, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The outbreak was discovered when the Brown county sheriff told the Health Department that many potential jurors who were being screened for a trial had reported being sick with a gastrointestinal illness at the end of the fair. One week later, a lab confirmed case of Salmonella Agbeni was reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health. An investigation found that there were seven lab confirmed and six probable cases of Salmonella Agbeni infection across five Illinois counties. All of the confirmed patients had attended the Brown County fair from July 30 to August 4, … [Read more...]