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Escherichia coli O104:H4 is a rare enterohaemorrhagic strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli and caused the 2011 Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak which started when several people in Germany were infected with enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia Coli (EHEC) bacteria leading to haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS). The E. coli cases appeared at the start of May and the outbreak swelled to crisis level over the following three weeks with the city of Hamburg at the epicentre. A high number of cases affected 86% adults aged 18 years or older, particularly women (67%), instead of the normal high-risk groups such as the young children and the elderly. (1)
The epidemiological studies of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany?s national disease agency, and the investigations of Food Safety Authorities have given evidence that sprouts are the responsible vehicle in the outbreak of the EHEC infections. The Institute reported on the 28th June 2011 that there were 838 cases of HUS - the linked kidney ailment haemolytic-uraemic syndrome and 2764 cases of EHEC (enterohaemorrhagic E. coli) gastroenteritis without the development of HUS which totals 3602 cases that were attributable to the outbreak. There were 68% and 59% females among the HUS and EHEC cases respectively. The median age was 43 years for HUS cases and 47 years for the EHEC cases. All HUS cases were likely to be hospitalised whereas 59% cases of EHEC were reported and there were 30 deaths among the HUS patients and 17 deaths among the EHEC gastroenteritis. (2)
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http://www.significancemagazine.org...the-cause-of-E_-coli-outbreak-in-Germany.html
The epidemiological studies of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany?s national disease agency, and the investigations of Food Safety Authorities have given evidence that sprouts are the responsible vehicle in the outbreak of the EHEC infections. The Institute reported on the 28th June 2011 that there were 838 cases of HUS - the linked kidney ailment haemolytic-uraemic syndrome and 2764 cases of EHEC (enterohaemorrhagic E. coli) gastroenteritis without the development of HUS which totals 3602 cases that were attributable to the outbreak. There were 68% and 59% females among the HUS and EHEC cases respectively. The median age was 43 years for HUS cases and 47 years for the EHEC cases. All HUS cases were likely to be hospitalised whereas 59% cases of EHEC were reported and there were 30 deaths among the HUS patients and 17 deaths among the EHEC gastroenteritis. (2)
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http://www.significancemagazine.org...the-cause-of-E_-coli-outbreak-in-Germany.html