A multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections linked to alfalfa sprouts grown from contaminated seeds.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Breuer, Thomas ; Benkel, Denise H. ; Shapiro, Roger L. ; Hall, William N. ; Winnett, Mary M. ; Linn, Mary Jean ; Neimann, Jakob ; Barrett, Timothy J. ; Dietrich, Stephen ; Downes, Frances P. ; Toney, Denise M. ; Pearson, James L. ; Rolka, Henry ; Slutsker, Laurence ; Griffin, Patricia M.
• Corporate Authors:
  Investigation Team
• Description:
  A multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections occurred in the United States in June and July 1997. Two concurrent outbreaks were investigated through independent case-control studies in Michigan and Virginia and by subtyping isolates with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Isolates from 85 persons were indistinguishable by PFGE. Alfalfa sprouts were the only exposure associated with E. coli O157:H7 infection in both Michigan and Virginia. Seeds used for sprouting were traced back to one common lot harvested in Idaho. New subtyping tools such as PFGE used in this investigation are essential to link isolated infections to a single outbreak.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Case-Control Studies Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks DNA, Bacterial Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Escherichia Coli Infections Escherichia Coli O157 Female Follow-Up Studies Food Microbiology Humans Infant Male Medicago Sativa Middle Aged Research Article Seeds

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(6):977-982.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; United States ; Virginia
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d9459cde62c73c388bd6efbae2f79dee6539e143005488db4da57a40fe8e54ef
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3350/cdc_3350_DS1.pdf
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