Friday, 25 August 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC - Japan (04): O157, outbreaks

E. coli -- Japan
No release on EHEC strain analysis from the 2 Japanese outbreaks yet. Below is confirmation of the genetic type of 2 cases (teenage female and 80s male) from Yokohama matched to each other (1,2), but they were not able to isolate pathogen nor identify its genetic material in the food commodity collected from the restaurant (3). The shared 4 items of fresh vegetable salad, boneless short rib, almond tofu, cooked white rice, and a couple more meat slices for yakiniku [grilled meat] were

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