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  • One possible reason for that is the antibiotic resistance, Braden said, though the strain is responsive to some antibiotics.

    Ground turkey recall: Why did it take so long? →

  • "There was an aggressive and thorough investigation that came together over time to paint one picture of this outbreak," said Dr. Christopher Braden, an epidemiologist at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which investigated the outbreak with the Agriculture Department.

    Ground turkey recall: Why did it take so long? →

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