E. coli Outbreak: Habitat for Humanity Dinner in Wisconsin
The Barron County Department of Health and Human Services is investigating a possible outbreak of E. coli poisoning. The outbreak may be associated with a Habitat for Humanity fundraising dinner on Thursday, October 19, 2006. Persons in Barron County, Chetek and surrounding areas in Wisconsin may be affected. Anyone who attended the Habitat for Humanity dinner and has bloody diarrhea, watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting and/or fever should get medical attention and ask to be tested for E. coli poisoning.
People who attended the Habitat for Humanity Dinner in Barron County, Wisconsin, should wash their hands thoroughly to prevent the spread of E. coli. Although the E. coli may have initially been spread on food, E. coli can be spread from person to person by a fecal-oral route, meaning the contaminated feces of one person gets into the mouth of another person. This can happen before a person is aware he or she has an E. coli infection.
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