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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Latest E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak News

In case you haven't been keeping up with this ongoing story, the CDC ( cdc.gov) now says that as of Monday, June 22,70 persons have been infected with this E. coli starin and that those infected now live in 30 of our states.

Ill persons range in age from 2 to 65 years; however, 66% are less than 19 years old; 75% are female. Thirty persons have been hospitalized, 7 developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS); none have died. Reports of these infections increased above the expected baseline in May and continue into June.