| lake-associated outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7--illinois, 1995. | on july 5, 1995, the winnebago county health department (wchd) in northern illinois received a report from the local hospital of five cases of escherichia coli o157:h7 infection among children who resided in rockford. interviews of the children's parents revealed no common food source; however, on june 24-25, they all had visited an illinois state park with a lake swimming beach. on july 6, the illinois department of public health (idph) closed the swimming beach because of suspected transmissio ... | 1996 | 8618543 |
| from the centers for disease control and prevention. lake-associated outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7--illinois, 1995. | | 1996 | 8648855 |
| a multistate outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7 infections associated with consumption of mesclun lettuce. | an outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7 infections in connecticut and illinois during may 28 to june 27, 1996, was investigated to determine the source of infections. | 1999 | 10448779 |
| outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7 in a child care center in cook county, illinois, with prolonged shedding and household transmission. | during the investigation of an outbreak of escherichia coli o157:h7 in a child care center, illness logs were reviewed and parents interviewed to identify classroom and household exposures. costs incurred by the center and the public health laboratory were estimated from self-administered questionnaires. we conclude that household transmission played a role in this outbreak and estimate the cost of investigation and intervention at over $6,000 per case. | 2013 | 23870793 |