Escherichia coli O157:H7 produces a toxin called Shiga-like toxin, which has been associated with haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), haemorrhagic colitis and thrombocytopaenic purpura. Infections in humans are associated with consumption of contaminated food such as meat and raw milk. Early in the year 1996, several cases of HUS in children were reported in Argentina. In most cases, the infection source could not be determined. Consequently, several health centres began to distrust water as a transmission media. A total of 493 water samples from different regions, industries and institutions in Santa Fe Province were analysed. None of the analysed samples showed the presence of E. coli O157:H7 and the mechanism of its transmission through water remains unknown.
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Minist Agr Forestry & Fisheries, Livestock Ind Bureau, Div Anim Hlth, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 100, JapanMinist Agr Forestry & Fisheries, Livestock Ind Bureau, Div Anim Hlth, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 100, Japan
Sekiya, J
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Univ Idaho, Dept Microbiol Mol Biol & Biochem, Moscow, ID 83844 USAUniv Idaho, Dept Microbiol Mol Biol & Biochem, Moscow, ID 83844 USA
Lim, Ji Youn
Yoon, Jang W.
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Konkuk Univ, Sch Med, Adv Human Resource & Res Grp Med Sci BK21, Seoul 143701, South KoreaUniv Idaho, Dept Microbiol Mol Biol & Biochem, Moscow, ID 83844 USA
Yoon, Jang W.
Hovde, Carolyn J.
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Univ Idaho, Dept Microbiol Mol Biol & Biochem, Moscow, ID 83844 USAUniv Idaho, Dept Microbiol Mol Biol & Biochem, Moscow, ID 83844 USA