When researchers committed to first mapping E. coli genomes back at the turn of the millennium, the sequencing process was a considerable technological undertaking, requiring millions of dollars, months of
After four students in Germany were sickened by E. coli O104:H4 infections, preliminary tests indicated that 22 out of 30 children at the same school were also infected with
The first fatality in the United States associated with the outbreak of E. coli O104:H4 in Europe was an Arizona man who had traveled to Germany, the Centers for
The O104:H4 serotype has an unusual clinical pattern for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) pathogens, including bloody diarrhea in adults followed by a high conversion rate to adult hemolytic
The European Union banned the import of certain Egyptian seeds and beans Tuesday following an official report that a single batch of well-travelled Egyptian fenugreek seeds probably caused two European
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported Monday that the European toll in the outbreak of E. coli O104:H4 in Germany and France linked to sprouts
What are the lessons learned so far from the O104:H4 outbreak?
German medical and public health authorities are burdened by the equivalent of more than 10 normal years worth
Seed company threatens to sue American news sites for naming it as suspect in European E. coli outbreak.
The investigation into the European E. coli crisis linked to sprouts has
French health authorities have confirmed what has been suspected for days, that the E. coli outbreak in Bordeaux is linked to the earlier German epidemic, and that contaminated sprouts may
The following is a statement released Wednesday by Bill Marler, managing partner of the food safety law firm Marler Clark and publisher of Food Safety News:
In the face of
Fenugreek sprouts are “the most likely connection” between the outbreaks of E. coli O104:H4 in France and Germany, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for
As of Tuesday, the toll in the outbreak of E. coli O104:H4 attributed to raw sprouts in Europe had risen to 4,023 cases, including 885 with hemolytic uremic