Surveillance & Analysis on E. coli News & Outbreaks
Yesterday the Union Democrat reported that the discovery of five cases of E. coli in children ranging from 8 months to 17 years has kept the Calaveras County Public Health Department very busy this month.
From the article:
For each child infected with the bacteria, communicable disease control nurse Jane Loeffler has conducted contact
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Francis P. Garland, Lode Bureau Chief, published today that two Calaveras County teenage brothers have been infected with the same virulent strain of the E. coli bacterium that has left a young Angels Camp boy hospitalized with serious kidney problems for the past three weeks. Read the full article.
Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., a fully-integrated human and animal health biopharmaceutical company, today announced that a controlled challenge study, performed at the Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan, has again demonstrated the efficacy of the E. coli 0157 cattle vaccine developed by the Company’s Food Safety division in partnership with VIDO, the University of British Columbia, and the Alberta
Research Council. Two commercial scale vaccines were evaluated in the study: one using the Bioniche manufactured vaccine and the other using a vaccine produced by the Alberta Research Council – Biologics fermentation facility.Continue Reading Bioniche E. coli 0157 Vaccine Shows Further Promise in Controlled Challenge Study
Yesterday Erin Mayes of the Union Democrat did a story on a 4-year-old Angels Camp boy who is in serious condition at an Oakland hospital after contracting an E. coli infection last week.
From the article:
It’s unknown how or where Nicholas Kristoff came into contact with the bacteria — contracted most often through
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Buehler Food Markets, Inc. issued a warning that meat products processed in its Wooster plant are possibly contaminated with E.coli.
No illnesses have been associated with the products, but the company is voluntarily recalling the items.
They include:
* Macaroni and beef in sauce, purchased in the deli, with an expiration date of May…
On April 30 the Associated Press reported on a lawsuit I filed on behalf of four children who got extremely sick from E. coli bacteria at area Sizzler restaurants.
More than 60 people got sick and a 3-year-old South Milwaukee girl died after eating at the restaurants in July 2000. Investigators blamed Sizzler’s meat handling…
