Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2007)

Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Feral Swine near Spinach Fields and Cattle, Central California Coast

  • Michele T. Jay,
  • Michael Cooley,
  • Diana Carychao,
  • Gerald W. Wiscomb,
  • Richard A. Sweitzer,
  • Leta Crawford-Miksza,
  • Jeff A. Farrar,
  • David K. Lau,
  • Janice O’Connell,
  • Anne Millington,
  • Roderick V. Asmundson,
  • Edward R. Atwill,
  • Robert E. Mandrell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1312.070763
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 12
pp. 1908 – 1911

Abstract

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We investigated involvement of feral swine in contamination of agricultural fields and surface waterways with Escherichia coli O157:H7 after a nationwide outbreak traced to bagged spinach from California. Isolates from feral swine, cattle, surface water, sediment, and soil at 1 ranch were matched to the outbreak strain.

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