E. coli -- United Kingdom
In the UK, EHEC is regarded as a substantial threat to public health, and enhanced surveillance systems are in place (32). In England, HUS developed in ≈5 percent of symptomatic EHEC O157:H7 patients (33), notably less than the 42 percent of patients in whom HUS developed during the STEC O55:H7 outbreak described in this study. The Dorset outbreak strain was closely related to the common EHEC O157:H7 clone and shared several characteristics, most notably the presence of phage-encoded stx2a.
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