Nationwide outbreak of STEC O157 infection in the Netherlands, December 2008-January 2009: continuous risk of consuming raw beef products.
Greenland, K;
de Jager, C;
Heuvelink, A;
van der Zwaluw, K;
Heck, M;
Notermans, D;
van Pelt, W;
Friesema, I;
(2009)
Nationwide outbreak of STEC O157 infection in the Netherlands, December 2008-January 2009: continuous risk of consuming raw beef products.
Euro surveillance, 14 (8).
19129-.
ISSN 1025-496X
https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/748775
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The Netherlands experienced a nationwide outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 with onset of symptoms from the end of December 2008 until the end of January 2009. A total of 20 laboratory-confirmed cases were linked to the outbreak strain, serotype O157: H-, stx1, stx2, eae and e-hly positive. The investigation into the source of this outbreak is still ongoing, but evidence so far suggests that infection occurred as a result of consuming contaminated raw meat (steak tartare).
