Public health response to the STEC O104:H4 outbreak in Germany In early May 2011, an international STEC outbreak commenced in Germany with the largest documented number of HUS cases in a single outbreak, predominantly occurring in adults
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Enteroaggregative, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak: new microbiological findings boost coordinated investigations by European public health laboratories.
In the past weeks, we witnessed the unfolding story of one of the largest ever reported outbreaks of haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and bloody diarrhoea caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), also commonly referred to as verocytotoxinproducing E. coli (VTEC) and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) [1]. This outbreak has caused considerable suffering and resulted in a strain on...
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