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Escherichia Coli
Findings from Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry broaden understanding of Escherichia coli
November 18th, 2008
"In 2006, Utah and New Mexico health departments investigated a multistate cluster of Escherichia coli O157:H7," scientists writing in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases report. "A case-control study of 22 case-patients found that consuming bagged spinach was significantly associated with illness (p <0.01). The outbreak strain was isolated from 3 bags of 1 brand of spinach," wrote J. Grant and colleagues, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The researchers concluded: "Nationally, 205 persons were ill with the outbreak strain." Grant and colleagues published their study in Emerging Infectious...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-18)
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