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salmonella

[sal-muh-nel-uh] / ˌsæl məˈnɛl ə /
NOUN
food poisoning
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Any suppliers of British Lion mark eggs have to stick to a strict code that covers testing and vaccinating hens against salmonella.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The chain hasn’t seen impacts from the salmonella outbreak as of mid-August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

It comes after the UK Health Security Agency declared a national outbreak of salmonella food poisoning after one person died and hundreds more fell ill.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Fifty-five people have been infected with E. coli or salmonella in connection with the outbreak, the health agency said, including two people who contracted both pathogens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

They used HeLa to test the effects of steroids, chemotherapy drugs, hormones, vitamins, and environmental stress; they infected them with tuberculosis, salmonella, and the bacterium that causes vaginitis.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

We now see that other salmonellae can produce the same long-term problems.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2012




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