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Salmonella case reported in Kanawha; linked to IN cantaloupes

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One person in Kanawha County has been diagnosed with the salmonella virus connected to the recent salmonella outbreak linked to Indiana cantaloupes.

In the latest outbreak, two people have died and 141 have fallen ill in 20 states in a salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupe grown in southwestern Indiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thirty-one victims have been hospitalized. Both deaths were in Kentucky.

Last year's epidemic was caused by cantaloupes contaminated with listeria, from Colorado's Jensen Farms, according to the CDC.