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Salmonella has stricken nearly 50 in Mass.

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By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff

State public health authorities said today that 48 Massachusetts residents have been stricken with the same strain of salmonella that has sickened almost 600 people nationwide. The germ implicated in those illnesses has been traced to tainted peanuts from a Georgia factory.

Patients in Massachusetts have been as young as 1 and as old as 91; all have survived their illnesses. The patient with the most-recent bout of salmonella-related symptoms fell ill Jan. 25, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Health said.

The greatest number of cases has been reported in Middlesex County, with 13. Elsewhere in the state, Barnstable County reported three cases; Bristol, four; Essex, six; Hampden, nine; Norfolk, four; Plymouth, four; Suffolk, one; and Worcester, four.

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