As of June, 2018 the Gideon database (www.GideonOnline.com) chronicles 22,777 published Infectious Diseases Outbreaks.  Sprouts were implicated in 13.4% of outbreaks which specify a disease vehicle (5.2% of salmonellosis outbreaks).  Salmonellae were responsible for 83% of outbreaks associated with sprouts.  The remainder were caused by Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes or Bacillus cereus. [1]

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1 Berger S. Gideon Guide to Outbreaks, 2018. 2,011 pages, 5,272 tables, 51,622 references. Gideon e-books,  https://www.gideononline.com/ebooks/outbreaks/

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