Published Date: 2012-02-29 20:40:04
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC - Europe (02): Germany (HH)
Archive Number: 20120229.1056769
E. COLI EHEC - EUROPE (02): GERMANY (HAMBURG)
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Date: Wed 29 Feb 2012
Source: Artze Zeitung [trans. by submitter, edited]
http://www.aerztezeitung.de/medizin/krankheiten/infektionskrankheiten/magen-darminfekte/article/806528/vier-weitere-ehec-faelle-hamburg.html
After the death of a 6-year-old girl in Hamburg, new EHEC cases are reported from Germany. Earlier this week, 2 children, a brother (11 years old) and sister (3 years old), were found to be positive. The boy went to a school next to the school of the diseased girl. The school is closed for 2 days because of disinfection.
Today, 29 Feb 2012, lab tests confirmed 2 more cases in Hamburg: 2 elderly women (aged 68 and 88).
This is not a renewed outbreak of the strain which circulated last year [2011] (O104:H4). It is another strain: O157 according to Artze Zeitung, probably _E. coli_ O157:H7.
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[It is not stated that all the strains had the same genotype, i.e., were related to the same outbreak. It is clear that the organism seems unrelated to the huge O104:H4 outbreak centered in Germany in 2011. We await more information regarding the potential vehicle or vehicles for these cases and whether the clusters are related. - Mod.LL]
[A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map of Germany can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/r/1zJl. - Mod.ML
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/r/1zJl.]
See Also
E. coli EHEC, 2010 - USA: (MN) non-O157 20120117.1013136E. coli EHEC - USA: (MI), food handler 20120117.1013132
E. coli EHEC - Europe: (France, Germany, Denmark) O104 20120126.1022870
2011
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E. coli O157, 2009 - USA: cookie dough, raw flour source 20111217.3619
E. coli O104 - EU (36): intervention strategies 20110827.2617
E. coli O104 - EU (30): update, fenugreek susp 20110707.2052
E. coli O157 - USA (02): (AL) water park 20110629.1981
E. coli O104 - EU (20): secondary cases 20110618.1862
E. coli O104 - EU (10): USA commentary 20110605.1718
E. coli O104 - EU: (Germany, Denmark, Sweden) Spanish cucumbers 20110526.1611
2009
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E. coli O157 - UK (07): ex Spain (VC) alert, RFI 20091130.4092
E. coli O157 - UK (06): England, children's farm 20090923.3347
E. coli O157 - UK: Wales dance camp, alert 20090817.2915
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