Why is it called Salmonella Saintpaul?
A quirky connection that explains how the most recent outbreak of Salmonella was named after Minnesota’s capital city was explained by SPH professor, Michael Osterholm.
In a City Pages posting reporter Kevin Hoffman wrote about how he learned of the connection after watching Osterholm on a national news television program.
Osterholm told Hoffman that the name, Salmonella Saintpaul, came about after a local professor first diagnosed the Salmonella in turkeys. Osterholm also revealed that data from Minnesotans sickened helped reveal the Salmonella source.
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