May 11 2011 Outbreak of E. coli O104:H4 Linked to Fenugreek Sprouts
- Organism:
- Non-O157 STEC
- Vehicle:
- Vegetables, Sprouts, Fenugreek
Beginning in May, an outbreak of E. coli O104:H4, an enterohemorrhagic E. coli, spread rapidly throughout northern Germany affecting mostly adults and females. On May 25, the Robert Koch Institut, Germany's disease control authority, advised the pub…Read More »