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First announced April 2013 - Live Poultry – Human Salmonella Infantis and Mbandaka
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First announced March 2013 - Chicken – Salmonella Heidelberg
First announced February 2013 - Fungal Meningitis and Other Infections – Multistate outbreak
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First announced August 2012 - 2012 West Nile Virus
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) in Washington
First announced April 2012 - Small Turtles – Human Salmonella Infections
First announced March 2012
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