Publisher’s Platform: How is that romaine E. coli traceback coming along?

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Lest we forget, as of June 27, 2018, 210 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 were reported from 36 states.

Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 13, 2018, to June 6, 2018. Ill people ranged in age from 1 to 88 years, with a median age of 28. Sixty-seven percent of ill people were female.

Of 201 people with information available, 96 (48%) were hospitalized, including 27 people who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. Five deaths were reported from Arkansas, California, Minnesota (2), and New York.

Here is the traceback chart from the Food and Drug Administration

Here is our traceback chart to date

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Publisher’s Platform: How is that romaine E. coli traceback coming along?

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