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. 2009 Jul;28(7):650-3.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181993731.

Undercooked ground beef and person-to-person transmission as major risk factors for sporadic hemolytic uremic syndrome related to Shiga-toxin producing Escherchia coli infections in children in France

Véronique Vaillant  1 , Emmanuelle Espié, Henriette de Valk, Ulrike Durr, Delphine Barataud, Philippe Bouvet, Francine Grimont, Jean-Claude Desenclos
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Undercooked ground beef and person-to-person transmission as major risk factors for sporadic hemolytic uremic syndrome related to Shiga-toxin producing Escherchia coli infections in children in France

Véronique Vaillant et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

In a prospective matched case-control study of sporadic pediatric hemolytic uremic syndrome related to Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli infection in France, eating undercooked ground beef, contact with a person with diarrhea, and drinking well water during the summer period were identified as risk factors. Prevention efforts in France should focus on reducing not only food-borne but also person-to-person transmission.

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