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German E. coli outbreak of 2011
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Map of Europe and North America showing the burden of E. coli disease by country, with circles indicating outbreak severity: large dark circles for severe outbreaks, medium circles for moderate, and small circles for mild. Germany is marked with the most severe outbreak, while several other European countries and the United States and Canada show moderate or mild outbreaks. German E. coli outbreak of 2011
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Map of Europe and North America showing the burden of E. coli disease by country, with circles indicating outbreak severity: large dark circles for severe outbreaks, medium circles for moderate, and small circles for mild. Germany is marked with the most severe outbreak, while several other European countries and the United States and Canada show moderate or mild outbreaks.
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

bacterial disease outbreak
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(Show More)
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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...

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