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PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC – Australia: (QL) O157, mild disease, mutant toxin, 2013
E. coli -- AustraliaShiga toxin producing _E. coli_ (STEC [or enterohemorrhagic _E. coli_, EHEC - Mod. LL]) is a major cause of serious human gastrointestinal illness and have the potential to cause life-threatening complications, such as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) (1). An average of 0.4 cases of EHEC illness per 100 000 persons per year are reported to public health authorities in Australia (2). Disease severity can range from asymptomatic infection to serious and sometimes fatal illness, particularly Read more [...]
