Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), full page: (LINK). Edited.]
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Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC): Update on outbreak in the EU (1 July 2011, 11:00)
01 Jul 2011
Update since 30 June ? 11:00:
In the EU/EEA, 892 HUS cases, including 32 deaths, and 3 233 non-HUS cases, including 17 deaths, have so far been reported. The table and figure below show the distribution of reported cases per country.
Since the last update, Germany reports four additional HUS cases, 44 additional non-HUS STEC cases and one new HUS fatality. The latest known date of onset of diarrhoea for cases is 26 June in Germany.
With regards to the outbreak in France (Bordeaux Region), eight cases of bloody diarrhoea and a further eight HUS cases have been identified as of 30 June. Infection with E. coli O104:H4 has been confirmed for six patients with HUS. Eleven of the patients had attended the event in B?gles, where nine reported having eaten sprouts; it concerns seven women and four men, between 31 and 64 years of age.
Thorough investigations are ongoing. Strains from three patients tested by the French authorities were compared to strains from patients linked to the outbreak in Germany. The comparison showed that the two strains were indistinguishable. This suggests that these two events are related to a common source.
Table 1: Number of probable and confirmed HUS cases and non-HUS STEC cases with associated deaths per EU/EEA Member State as of 1 July, 11:00
[Member States - Number of HUS cases (death) - Number of non-HUS STEC cases (death)]
* Cases reported from the new outbreak in Bordeaux
** Cases reported earlier, linked to travel to Germany
Read more:
Escherichia coli (E. coli) health topic site: see list of all epidemiological updates, disease information
EFSA/ECDC Joint Rapid Risk Assessment, published on 29 June
-01 Jul 2011
Update since 30 June ? 11:00:
In the EU/EEA, 892 HUS cases, including 32 deaths, and 3 233 non-HUS cases, including 17 deaths, have so far been reported. The table and figure below show the distribution of reported cases per country.
Since the last update, Germany reports four additional HUS cases, 44 additional non-HUS STEC cases and one new HUS fatality. The latest known date of onset of diarrhoea for cases is 26 June in Germany.
With regards to the outbreak in France (Bordeaux Region), eight cases of bloody diarrhoea and a further eight HUS cases have been identified as of 30 June. Infection with E. coli O104:H4 has been confirmed for six patients with HUS. Eleven of the patients had attended the event in B?gles, where nine reported having eaten sprouts; it concerns seven women and four men, between 31 and 64 years of age.
Thorough investigations are ongoing. Strains from three patients tested by the French authorities were compared to strains from patients linked to the outbreak in Germany. The comparison showed that the two strains were indistinguishable. This suggests that these two events are related to a common source.
Table 1: Number of probable and confirmed HUS cases and non-HUS STEC cases with associated deaths per EU/EEA Member State as of 1 July, 11:00
[Member States - Number of HUS cases (death) - Number of non-HUS STEC cases (death)]
- Austria - 1 (0) - 4 (0)
- Czech Republic - 0 (0) - 1 (0)
- Denmark - 9 (0) - 14 (0)
- France ? HUS: 6 (0) Confirmed cases* - 2 (0) Suspected cases* ? EHEC: 2 (0) Probable and confirmed cases** - 8 (0) Suspected cases*
- Germany - HUS: 692 (24) Probable and confirmed - 153 (7) Suspected cases ? EHEC: 3 154 (17)
- Greece - 0 (0) - 1 (0)
- Luxembourg - 1 (0) - 1 (0)
- Netherlands - 4 (0) - 7 (0)
- Norway - 0 (0) - 1 (0)
- Poland - 2 (0) - 1 (0)
- Spain - 1 (0) - 1 (0)
- Sweden - 18 (1) - 35 (0)
- The United Kingdom - 3 (0) - 3 (0)
- TOTAL - 892 (32) - 3 233 (17)
* Cases reported from the new outbreak in Bordeaux
** Cases reported earlier, linked to travel to Germany
Read more:
Escherichia coli (E. coli) health topic site: see list of all epidemiological updates, disease information
EFSA/ECDC Joint Rapid Risk Assessment, published on 29 June
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