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. 2017 Mar 10;66(9):256-257.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6609a3.

Notes from the Field: An Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Associated with Playground Sand in a Preschool Setting - Madrid, Spain, September-October 2016

Carmen Olmedo Lucerón, Ana Pérez Meixeira, Isabel Abad Sanz, Victoria Cid Deleyto, Silvia Herrera León, Leonor Gutierrez Ruiz

Notes from the Field: An Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Associated with Playground Sand in a Preschool Setting - Madrid, Spain, September-October 2016

Carmen Olmedo Lucerón et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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Date of symptom onset among 24 children with Salmonella Typhimurium gastroenteritis associated with playground sand — Madrid, Spain, September 12–October 19, 2016
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