date:Nov 20, 2012
e from October 18, 2012 to November 3, 2012. Ill persons range in age from 4 years to 66 years, with a median age of 24 years. Sixty-eight percent of ill persons are female. Among 24 ill persons with available information, 10 (42%) reported being hospitalized. Two ill persons have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. No deaths have been reported.
This PFGE pattern has very rarely been seen before in PulseNet. It has been seen only 7 times prior to this outbreak. Illnes