Last fall the Middlesex-London Health Unit reported 159 suspected cases of E. coli O157:
H7 infection that were linked to an agriculture pavilion at the Western Fair. The investigators …

In the past two months three children in the south east of England have developed infection
with Escherichia coli O157 after visiting an open farm in Hertfordshire. Two subsequently …

Four cases of Escherichia coli O157 infection, all members of one family, were identified in
Northern Ireland in August. The children had become ill after a six day holiday in County …

During the summer of 1994, four cases of bloody diarrhoea and/or haemolytic uraemic
syndrome were reported to the consultants in communicable disease control in Nottingham …

Entero‐haemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 is a zoonotic pathogen, responsible for a
relatively small number of food poisoning and illness outbreaks each year, when compared …

Eight people who visited a farm centre on Ynys Môn (Anglesey), North Wales between 31
May and 15 June 1999 have been diagnosed with Vero cytotoxin producing Escherichia coli …

Three children, one who lived on an open farm and two who visited the farm in school
parties, developed Vero cytotoxin producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157 infection in 1997 …

An outbreak of bloody diarrhoea associated with Escherichia coli O157 infection in young
children on the Gold Coast in Queensland was investigated. This outbreak was the first …

Eight cases of Escherichia coli O157 phage type 2 infection and one case of haemolytic
uraemic syndrome (HUS) have been reported among people who attended a music festival …

In March 1999, a large community outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 infection occurred in
North Cumbria. A total of 114 individuals were reported to the Outbreak Control Team (OCT); …