Notes from the Field: Neonatal Salmonellosis Associated with Backyard Poultry — Oregon, November 2023

Outbreaks of salmonellosis (infection with non-typhoidal Salmonella) involving young children associated with keeping backyard poultry,* including descriptions of high-risk practices such as keeping poultry inside households and kissing birds, have been well documented (1).During 2023 (as of October 19), backyard poultry-associated salmonellosis outbreaks were reported to CDC from 48 States and Puerto Rico; these outbreaks accounted for 1,072 cases of illness, including 247 hospitalizations (2).Several of these outbreaks involved multiple states and included serotypes Braenderup, Enteritidis, Indiana, Infantis, Mbandaka, and Typhimurium (3).During a salmonellosis outbreak investigation across multiple states (A.Lodato, CDC, unpublished data, 2023), the Oregon Health Authority, in collaboration with a local health department, investigated a case of salmonellosis in a newborn whose parents had kept backyard poultry.This activity was deemed to be routine public health surveillance by the Public Health Division of the Oregon Health Authority and did not require human subjects review.