An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121 infections associated with flour—Canada, 2016–2017†

As of May 23, 2017, 29 cases of a new Escherichia coli O121 infection have been identified in six provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan) linked with the consumption of uncooked flour. One additional case was identified in a U.S. resident wh...

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Main Authors: Morton, V, Cheng, JM, Sharma, D, Kearney, A
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Published: Public Health Agency of Canada 2017
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Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5864315/
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5864315 2023-05-15T17:21:24+02:00 An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121 infections associated with flour—Canada, 2016–2017† Morton, V Cheng, JM Sharma, D Kearney, A 2017-07-06 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5864315/ en eng Public Health Agency of Canada http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5864315/ Brief Communication Text 2017 ftpubmed 2018-05-20T00:07:46Z As of May 23, 2017, 29 cases of a new Escherichia coli O121 infection have been identified in six provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan) linked with the consumption of uncooked flour. One additional case was identified in a U.S. resident who traveled to Canada during the exposure period. Patients’ ages ranged from 2–79 years (median = 23.5 years) and 50% were female. Text Newfoundland PubMed Central (PMC) British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada Newfoundland
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An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121 infections associated with flour—Canada, 2016–2017†
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description As of May 23, 2017, 29 cases of a new Escherichia coli O121 infection have been identified in six provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan) linked with the consumption of uncooked flour. One additional case was identified in a U.S. resident who traveled to Canada during the exposure period. Patients’ ages ranged from 2–79 years (median = 23.5 years) and 50% were female.
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