Abstract
An outbreak caused by Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 occurred in Germany in May and June of 2011, with more than 3000 persons infected. Here, we report a cluster of cases associated with a single family and describe an open-source genomic analysis of an isolate from one member of the family. This analysis involved the use of rapid, bench-top DNA sequencing technology, open-source data release, and prompt crowd-sourced analyses. In less than a week, these studies revealed that the outbreak strain belonged to an enteroaggregative E. coli lineage that had acquired genes for Shiga toxin 2 and for antibiotic resistance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 718-724 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
| Volume | 365 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Aug 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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