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SUBMITTER: Jones G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549459 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 20190501 22
We report an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> (STEC) associated paediatric haemolytic uraemic syndrome linked to the consumption of raw cow's milk soft cheeses. From 25 March to 27 May 2019, 16 outbreak cases infected with STEC O26 (median age: 22 months) were identified. Interviews and trace-back investigations using loyalty cards identified the consumption of raw milk cheeses from a single producer. Trace-forward investigations revealed that these cheeses were internat ...[more]