1993 E. coli O157:H7 hamburger outbreak

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• Personal Author:
  Rasmussen, Sonja A. ; Bell, Beth P.
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Welcome to Defining Moments in MMWR History, a new podcast series from MMWR, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In this series, we’ll be taking a closer look at historic—and defining—moments in MMWR history. Times when MMWR was first to deliver scientific information that protected and improved the nation’s public health. I’m your host, Dr. Sonja Rasmussen.
  
  Today, we’ll be talking about the 1993 E. coli O157 outbreak, caused by hamburgers served at fast food restaurants. During the outbreak, four children died and more than 700 people in four states got sick with severe, often bloody, diarrhea. MMWR was the first scientific publication to break the news of this deadly outbreak, as well as to present critical findings from the investigation.
  
  Joining me today is Dr. Beth Bell, who served as a CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officer— otherwise known as a boots-on-the-ground disease detective—in 1993. Dr. Bell was one of CDC’s lead investigators for the outbreak. She went on to have a successful career at CDC, and from 2012 to January of 2017, served as Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases.
  
  
• Subjects:
  CDC--history Disease Outbreaks Escherichia Coli Infections Escherichia Coli O157 Food Contamination History, 20th Century Meat/microbiology Public Health/history
• Source:
  Defining moments in MMWR history
• Document Type:
  Transcript
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)/history ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)/history
• Genre:
  Podcasts
• Pages in Document:
  3 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49221/cdc_49221_DS1.pdf
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