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 (11 July 2011, 11:00)
11 Jul 2011
As of today, using the new case definition, the cumulative number of non-HUS STEC cases in the EU is 3 041, including 16 deaths, and 757 HUS STEC cases, including 28 deaths.
In Germany, since 8 July, five HUS STEC cases and 13 non-HUS STEC cases have been newly reported.
Four HUS STEC cases and twelve non-HUS STEC cases fell ill within the last 10 days (29 June ? 8 July).
The last known date of illness onset in a patient with confirmed STEC O104 was 27 June 2011.
The last reported date of illness onset among all cases was 4 July 2011. A link to the daily update from the Robert Koch Institute is provided below.
The United Kingdom reports an additional confirmed non-HUS STEC case, in a visiting German national coming from Hamburg. See the link to the Health Protection Agency?s update, below.
With regards to the outbreak in Bordeaux, France, since the last update on 30 June, two HUS STEC cases and three non-HUS STEC cases have been newly confirmed.
Three of these cases had eaten sprouted seeds at an event in B?gles, and the other two (one HUS STEC, one non-HUS STEC) have been attributed to person-to-person transmission.
More information about the outbreak in Bordeaux is provided on the website of the Institut de Veille Sanitaire (see link below).
The table below shows the distribution of reported cases per country, excluding suspected cases.
Table 1: Number of probable and confirmed HUS STEC and non-HUS STEC cases, as per the EU case definition, and associated deaths per EU/EEA Member State, 11 July 11:00
[Member States - Number of HUS cases (deaths) - Number of non-HUS STEC cases (deaths) ]
Suspected cases (Germany: 156 HUS (7 deaths), France: 5 non-HUS STEC) are not included.
* Cases reported from the new outbreak in Bordeaux
** Cases reported earlier, linked to travel to Germany
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-11 Jul 2011
As of today, using the new case definition, the cumulative number of non-HUS STEC cases in the EU is 3 041, including 16 deaths, and 757 HUS STEC cases, including 28 deaths.
In Germany, since 8 July, five HUS STEC cases and 13 non-HUS STEC cases have been newly reported.
Four HUS STEC cases and twelve non-HUS STEC cases fell ill within the last 10 days (29 June ? 8 July).
The last known date of illness onset in a patient with confirmed STEC O104 was 27 June 2011.
The last reported date of illness onset among all cases was 4 July 2011. A link to the daily update from the Robert Koch Institute is provided below.
The United Kingdom reports an additional confirmed non-HUS STEC case, in a visiting German national coming from Hamburg. See the link to the Health Protection Agency?s update, below.
With regards to the outbreak in Bordeaux, France, since the last update on 30 June, two HUS STEC cases and three non-HUS STEC cases have been newly confirmed.
Three of these cases had eaten sprouted seeds at an event in B?gles, and the other two (one HUS STEC, one non-HUS STEC) have been attributed to person-to-person transmission.
More information about the outbreak in Bordeaux is provided on the website of the Institut de Veille Sanitaire (see link below).
The table below shows the distribution of reported cases per country, excluding suspected cases.
Table 1: Number of probable and confirmed HUS STEC and non-HUS STEC cases, as per the EU case definition, and associated deaths per EU/EEA Member State, 11 July 11:00
[Member States - Number of HUS cases (deaths) - Number of non-HUS STEC cases (deaths) ]
- Austria - 1 (0) - 4 (0)
- Czech Republic - 0 (0) - 1 (0)
- Denmark - 10 (0) - 15 (0)
- France - HUS: 8 (0) * - 3 (0) * ? EHEC: 2 (0) **
- Germany - 709 (27) - 2 965 (16)
- 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) - 4 (0)
- TOTAL - 757 (28) - 3 041 (16)
Suspected cases (Germany: 156 HUS (7 deaths), France: 5 non-HUS STEC) are not included.
* Cases reported from the new outbreak in Bordeaux
** Cases reported earlier, linked to travel to Germany
Read more:
- E. coli epidemiological updates
- Escherichia coli (E. coli) health topic site
- EFSA/ECDC Joint Rapid Risk Assessment (29 June 2011) / See all risk assessments on Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
- EFSA Technical Report (5 July)
- RKI Update on E. coli outbreak in Germany (11 July)
- HPA Update (7 July)
- InVS Update on E. coli outbreak in Bordeaux (8 July)
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