The June outbreak that took the life of a 2-year old boy and infected nearly a dozen other children with E. coli O157: H7 likely occurred from exposure to the bacteria at the San Diego County Fair.
But county health officials say none of their 32 environmental samples turned up
Continue Reading San Diego County Fair outbreak source remains elusive
The Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli or STEC outbreak associated with the now-closed San Diego County Fairs is still growing.
As of this week, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) was reporting 10 confirmed cases and one probable case have been reported in this outbreak.
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Continue Reading STEC outbreak left behind by now closed San Diego County Fair continues to expand
The San Diego Country Fair, which ended its run with plenty of fireworks on July 4th, has turned out to be something of a warning shot to the many upcoming state and country fairs and rodeos about the danger of exposing farm animals to children.
The operators of the fair
Continue Reading San Diego’s heartbreaking experience is a warning for fairs to come in 2019
UPDATE: Since this was posted, a fifth victim — a 6-year old boy who attended animals displays at the San Diego County Fairon June 22– has been added to this outbreak cluster. He began experiencing symptoms on June 26 and is recovering without hospital care.
A 2-year-old is dead and
Continue Reading Toddler dies from E. coli infection after visit to petting zoo at county fair
