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Detection, Isolation, and Molecular Subtyping of <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7 and <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i> Associated with a Large Waterborne Outbreak
1 Jan 2003
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The largest reported outbreak of waterborne Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the United States occurred in upstate New York following a county fair in August 1999. Culture methods were used to isolate E. coli O157:H7 from specimens from 128 of 775 patients with suspected infections. Campylobacter jejuni was also isolated from stools of 44 persons who developed diarrheal illness after attending this fair. There was one...
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