Multistate
E.coli infection outbreak appears to be over: CDC
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[January 10, 2019]
(Reuters) - The multistate outbreak of E.
coli infections linked to romaine lettuce from the Central Coastal
growing regions in northern and central California appears to be over,
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on
Wednesday.
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Sixty-two people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli were
reported from 16 states and the District of Columbia, the CDC said
in an update https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-11-18/index.html
on its investigation into the outbreak.
The multistate outbreak of E. coli infections related to romaine
lettuce led to a nationwide public health warning for consumers and
was first issued by U.S. health regulators in November.
Late last month, the Canadian health regulator said the E. coli
outbreak in Canada appeared to be over and there have not been any
illnesses since mid-November.
CDC said it identified the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 in
sediment collected within an agricultural water reservoir on a farm
in Santa Barbara County.
People infected with the bacteria get sick 2 to 8 days after
swallowing the germ, and may sometimes develop a type of kidney
failure.
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The regulator advised people not to eat, sell, or serve any recalled
red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, and cauliflower harvested
between November 27-30, 2018 from Adam Bros. Farming, Inc, in Santa
Barbara County.
No deaths were reported, though twenty-five people were
hospitalized, including two people who developed a type of kidney
failure, the CDC said.
(Reporting by Manogna Maddipatla in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh
Kuber)
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