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Salmonella Outbreak Linked To This Popular Housepet
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) is telling owners to avoid kissing and snuggling a popular household pet -- no matter how cute they are -- after 32 cases of Salmonella were linked to hedgehogs. Thirty-two individuals in 17 states have been infected with Salmonella Typhimurium as of late September, with five hospitalizations. Of the 23 patients interviewed by the CDC, 16 reportedly came into contact with the small, spiky housepets. The agency said that droppings from a hedgehog in the home of an ill New Yorker contained the strain of Salmonella that had been foun…