Germany's Raw Sprouts E. coli Outbreak
The latest update on Germany's raw sprouts E. coli outbreak is that 36 people have died and 817 have suffered the ravages of E. coli HUS, or hemolytic uremic syndrome. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has tallied 2,508 infections all together involving the outbreak strain of E. coli O104:H4.
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Since June 10, when German officials concluded that sprouts from an organic farm in the northern state of Lower Saxony were the source of the outbreak, counts of infection, HUS and E. coli death have increased by 221, 22 and five respectively, authorities have announced.The outbreak spread to other countries in the European Union and the CDC has reported five cases in the U.S. (four from people who traveled to Germany) but the vast majority of cases are in Germany, including 35 of the 36 deaths.
While HUS is most often observed in children under 5 years of age, in this outbreak the great majority of cases are adults, with around two thirds being women,
