German E. coli outbreak of 2011
E. coli disease burden by country at the close of the 2011 outbreak that began in Germany.
German E. coli outbreak of 2011
Also known as: 2011 EHEC Ausbruch in Deutschland, E. coli O104:H4 outbreak of 2011, German E. coli O104:H4 outbreak of 2011, German Escherichia coli outbreak of 2011
Quick Facts
- Also called:
- E. coli O104:H4 outbreak of 2011, German Escherichia coli outbreak of 2011, or German E. coli O104:H4 outbreak of 2011
- Date:
- April 2011 - July 2011
- Location:
- Germany
German E. coli outbreak of 2011, bacterial disease outbreak that began in Germany in late April 2011 and that was caused by a previously rare strain of E. coli (Escherichia coli) known as O104:H4. The 2011 E. coli outbreak was the deadliest and the second largest on record—the largest was the Japan E. coli outbreak of 1996, in which more than 12,600 people became infected—and was responsible for a total of 4,321 cases and 50 deaths, most of which occurred in Germany. About 900 cases involved hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), in which infection of the gastrointestinal tract by toxin-producing bacteria ...(100 of 1415 words)