PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC – USA (09): (WA) barn, O157, final report

June 5, 2015 editor Global Disease Alerts

E. coli — Worldwide/Unknown
Disease investigators calculated case counts based only on lab-confirmed infection with _E. coli_ O157:H7 or physician-diagnosed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a type of kidney failure:
– 25 people were confirmed cases;
– 9 of these cases were considered secondary cases (the ill person didn’t attend the event but had close contact with someone who did attend);
– no one died;
– 10 people were hospitalized;
– 6 people developed HUS.
Final environmental sampling

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