Foodborne outbreaks of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli--Rhode Island and New Hampshire, 1993.
Infections with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are a frequent cause of diarrhea in developing countries but not in the United States and other industrialized countries. This report describes two foodborne ETEC outbreaks that occurred in the United States in 1993.
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009513:New Hampshire / Q000453:epidemiology; D012237:Rhode Island / Q000453:epidemiology; D012703:Serotyping; D014675:Vegetables / Q000382:microbiology