Monday, 25 July 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC - UK (04): O157, salad, fatalities

E. coli -- United Kingdom
On 1 Jul 2016, the National IHR Focal Point for the United Kingdom notified WHO of an outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Shiga toxin-producing _Escherichia coli_ (EHEC) O157 PT34 in England and Wales. The increase in the notifications of _E. coli_ O157 cases was first observed by the South West Public Health England (PHE) Centre on 21 Jun 2016. An outbreak control team was convened on 22 Jun 2016 to investigate this increase and, on 24 Jun 2016, the 1st samples associated with this increase were

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2apkC3z

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