E. coli -- Ireland
Public health officials in Ireland are searching for the source of an _E. coli_ O26 outbreak in part of the country. The Department of Public Health Mid-West of the Health Service Executive (HSE) is investigating the outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing, enterohemorrhagic _E. coli_ (EHEC) that has affected 1 setting in a region that includes Clare, Limerick, and North Tipperary. EHEC, also known as Verotoxigenic _E. coli_ (VTEC), caused the outbreak among young children in recent weeks.
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