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. 1999 May-Jun;5(3):424-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid0503.990313.

Factory outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in Japan

Y Watanabe  1 , K Ozasa, J H Mermin, P M Griffin, K Masuda, S Imashuku, T Sawada
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Factory outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in Japan

Y Watanabe et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 1999 May-Jun.

Abstract

To determine the cause of a July 1996 outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 among factory workers in Kyoto, Japan, we conducted cohort and case-control studies. Eating radish sprout salad during lunch at the factory cafeteria had been linked to illness. The sprouts were traced to four growers in Japan; one had been associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 among 6,000 schoolchildren in Sakai earlier in July.

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