109 infections were reported from six states: Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New York and Kentucky. 83% of patients surveyed said they ate at Wendy’s.
OHIO, USA — An outbreak of Escherichia coli in Ohio, Michigan and other nearby states has been declared contained CDC on Tuesday.
The CDC reported that 83% of sick people surveyed said they had been to Wendy’s restaurants in several states before they got sick. 68% of those people said they ate romaine lettuce while eating at Wendy’s. But the specific ingredient that caused the outbreak cannot be confirmed because it ended before enough data could be collected.
109 infections were reported from six states: Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New York and Kentucky. 52 people were hospitalized, there were no fatalities.
The CDC said state and local health officials interviewed 82 people with detailed food histories, 68 of whom said they had eaten at Wendy’s restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania in the week before the illness began. 48 of those 68 reported eating romaine lettuce, which is served on hamburgers and sandwiches.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, three types of data are collected in outbreaks of foodborne diseases:
- Epidemiological data (when and where people got sick, what they ate before getting sick, etc.)
- Traceability data (points in the food distribution chain may have been contaminated, possible microbe-friendly environments in food production facilities)
- Food and environmental data (if the microbe causing the outbreak is found in other foods or in the DNA of sick people)
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