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Emeritus
[Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full PDF document: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.110879
Suggested citation for this article: Kim J, Oh K, Jeon S, Cho S, Lee D, Hong S, et al. Escherichia coli O104:H4 from 2011 European outbreak and strain from Republic of Korea [letter]. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Sep; [Epub ahead of print]
Escherichia coli O104:H4 from 2011 European Outbreak and Strain from Republic of Korea
To the Editor:
Beginning in early May 2011, an outbreak caused by Shiga toxin?producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 was reported in Germany and other countries in Europe. In this outbreak, the number of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) cases has been unusually high (1). As of June 9, 2011, a total of 722 cases of HUS, 19 deaths, and 2,745 cases of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) infection were reported (2).
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DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.110879
Suggested citation for this article: Kim J, Oh K, Jeon S, Cho S, Lee D, Hong S, et al. Escherichia coli O104:H4 from 2011 European outbreak and strain from Republic of Korea [letter]. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Sep; [Epub ahead of print]
Escherichia coli O104:H4 from 2011 European Outbreak and Strain from Republic of Korea
To the Editor:
Beginning in early May 2011, an outbreak caused by Shiga toxin?producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 was reported in Germany and other countries in Europe. In this outbreak, the number of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) cases has been unusually high (1). As of June 9, 2011, a total of 722 cases of HUS, 19 deaths, and 2,745 cases of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) infection were reported (2).
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