Published Date: 2012-03-10 19:16:41
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC - UK: (England) O157, schoolchildren
Archive Number: 20120310.1066764
E. COLI EHEC - UK: (ENGLAND) O157, SCHOOLCHILDREN
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Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012
Source: The Sentinel [edited]
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/KILLER-BUG-CLOSES-SCHOOL/story-15457613-detail/story.html
10 more cases of possible _Escherichia coli_ O157 infection are being investigated following the closure of a primary school. They are in addition to 3 confirmed cases of _E. coli_ which triggered the closure yesterday of Friarswood Primary School, in Newcastle-under-Lyme. 4 of the new cases among children are being treated as probable, with the other 6 still classed as suspected. Now all children and staff at the 153-pupil school are being tested for the bacterium over the next 24 hours.
The school is expected to be closed for at least 3 days with deep cleans of classrooms, toilets, desks, and chairs carried out to stop the bug spreading.
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[To this point, the attack rate of the infection is as high as 13/153 or 8.5 per cent. This suggests that the acquisition of the EHEC could have been at the school, related to contamination of food. The organism does spread relatively easily from child-to-child, especially in small children with poorer bathroom hygiene. ProMED-mail awaits more information regarding this outbreak. - Mod.LL
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, in England's West Midlands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Staffordshire_UK_location_map.svg. - Mod.SH
A HealthMap/ProMED-mail map can be accessed at: http://healthmap.org/r/1lNY.]
See Also
E. coli EHEC - Europe (02): Germany (HH) 20120229.1056769E. coli EHEC, 2010 - USA: (MN) non-O157 20120117.1013136
E. 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 - UK (04): crab consumption 20111213.3585
E. coli O157 - UK (03): leeks, potatoes 20111001.2965
E. coli O104 - EU (36): intervention strategies 20110827.2617
E. coli O157 - UK (02): (England) day care 20110824.2576
E. coli O157 - UK: (Wales) kebabs 20110816.2479
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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