OUTBREAK OF SEVERE DIARRHEAL ILLNESS IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
August 29, 2008
August 29, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 29 -- The Oklahoma Department of Health issued the following news release:
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has notified the Oklahoma State Department of Health that it has identified E. coli 0111 from laboratory specimens CDC has analyzed as part of the ongoing investigation into the diarrheal illness outbreak in northeastern Oklahoma.
"This is a rare type of E. coli that is not normally found in an outbreak this . . .
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has notified the Oklahoma State Department of Health that it has identified E. coli 0111 from laboratory specimens CDC has analyzed as part of the ongoing investigation into the diarrheal illness outbreak in northeastern Oklahoma.
"This is a rare type of E. coli that is not normally found in an outbreak this . . .