title: Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feral swine near spinach fields and cattle, central California coast.
abstract: We investigated involvement of feral swine in contamination of agricultural fields and surface waterways with Escherichia coli O157:H7 after a nationwide outbreak traced to bagged spinach from California. Isolates from feral swine, cattle, surface water, sediment, and soil at 1 ranch were matched to the outbreak strain.
authors.affiliation: California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA. michele.jayrussell@cdph.ca.gov
authors.forename: Michele T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Jay
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cooley
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carychao
authors.forename: Gerald W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Wiscomb
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sweitzer
authors.forename: Leta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crawford-Miksza
authors.forename: Jeff A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Farrar
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Connell
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Millington
authors.forename: Roderick V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Asmundson
authors.forename: Edward R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Atwill
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Mandrell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D002140:California; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000382:microbiology; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D018724:Spinacia oleracea; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*