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  2. Escherichia coli O157:H7 - Wikipedia

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    Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a serotype of the bacterial species Escherichia coli and is one of the Shiga-like toxin–producing types of E. coli.It is a cause of disease, typically foodborne illness, through consumption of contaminated and raw food, including raw milk and undercooked ground beef.

  3. 2006 North American E. coli outbreak in spinach - Wikipedia

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    The 2006 North American E. coli outbreak was an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak from prepackaged spinach. The outbreak occurred in September 2006, and its origin was an Angus cattle ranch that had leased land to a spinach grower. [1] At least 276 consumer illnesses and 3 deaths have been attributed as a result from the outbreak. [2] [3]

  4. Shigatoxigenic and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli - Wikipedia

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    The best known of these strains is O157:H7, but non-O157 strains cause an estimated 36,000 [citation needed] illnesses, 1,000 hospitalizations and 30 deaths in the United States yearly. [8] Food safety specialists recognize "Big Six" strains: O26; O45; O103; O111; O121 ; and O145. [ 8 ]

  5. Number of illnesses tied to McDonald's E. coli outbreak ...

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    The most common Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strain in the U.S. is E. coli O157:H7, which is the one involved in the McDonald's Quarter Pounder outbreak. E. coli O157:H7 causes an an ...

  6. E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounder kills 1 ...

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    The strain involved, E. coli O157:H7, can cause serious illness and was the source of a 1993 outbreak that killed four children who ate undercooked hamburgers at Jack in the Box restaurants.

  7. What to know about deadly McDonald's E. coli outbreak

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    So far, 49 people from 10 states have fallen ill with a strain known as E. coli O157:H7, which causes a severe intestinal infection in humans. Most of the cases have been in Colorado, which has 27 ...

  8. 1992–1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak - Wikipedia

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    On January 12, 1993, Phil Tarr, then a pediatric gastroenterologist at the University of Washington and Seattle's Children's Hospital, filed a report with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) about a perceived cluster of children with bloody diarrhea and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) likely caused by E. coli O157:H7. [15]

  9. Shiga toxin - Wikipedia

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    Shiga-like toxin (SLT) is a historical term for similar or identical toxins produced by Escherichia coli. [3] The most common sources for Shiga toxin are the bacteria S. dysenteriae and some serotypes of Escherichia coli (shigatoxigenic or STEC), which include serotypes O157:H7, and O104:H4. [4] [5]