E. coli — United States
[The following response was received from an EpiCore Surveillance Project member regarding EHEC in Africa. – Mod.LL]
In 1992, a large outbreak of bloody diarrhea caused by _Escherichia coli_ O157 infections occurred in southern Africa. In Swaziland, 40 912 physician visits for diarrhea in persons aged 5 years and older were reported during October through November 1992. This was a 7-fold increase over the same period during 1990-91. The attack rate was 42 percent among 778 residents we
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