Spinach-associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreak, Utah and New Mexico, 2006

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Grant, Juliana ; Wendelboe, Aaron M. ; Wendel, Arthur ; Jepson, Barbara ; Torres, Paul ; Smelser, Chad ; Rolfs, Robert T.
• Description:
  In 2006, Utah and New Mexico health departments investigated a multistate cluster of Escherichia coli O157:H7. 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. Nationally, 205 persons were ill with the outbreak strain.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Case-Control Studies Child Child, Preschool Cluster Analysis Confidence Intervals Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Escherichia Coli Infections Expedited Female Food Microbiology Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Humans Male Middle Aged Odds Ratio Spinacia Oleracea

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(10):1633-1636
• Pubmed ID:
  18826833
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2609868
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; Wisconsin ; Utah
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:79957e3ef8d17515d35bdb791365aa006b1ff6a82dfa6458cc7da8892284aba14cbe3762cce8c739c0efaad125f2ecdb0d478c1c674ee157254317cb82509eeb
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3191/cdc_3191_DS1.pdf
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