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. 2021 Apr 23;70(16):600-601.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7016a4.

Notes from the Field: Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli O26 Infections Linked to Raw Flour - United States, 2019

Michael Vasser, Jonathan Barkley, Adam Miller, Ellen Gee, Katherine Purcell, Morgan N Schroeder, Colin Basler, Karen P Neil

Notes from the Field: Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli O26 Infections Linked to Raw Flour - United States, 2019

Michael Vasser et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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Number of patients* (N = 21) infected with the outbreak strain of Escherichia coli O26, by state of residence — United States, December 2018–May 2019 * California, one; Connecticut, one; Massachusetts, two; Missouri, one; New Jersey, one; New York, seven; Ohio, five; Pennsylvania, two; Rhode Island, one.
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