title: Community-wide outbreaks of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 in Italy and Romania: a new challenge for the European Union.
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ettore
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Severi
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Flavie
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vial
authors.affiliation: European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.|Gastrointestinal, zoonosis and tropical diseases unit, Department of infectious diseases epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peron
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Otilia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mardh
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Taina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niskanen
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takkinen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005062:European Union; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011634:Public Health; D012383:Romania; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: STEC O26; Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli; VTEC O26; Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli; haemolytic uraemic syndrome; outbreak