A waterborne outbreak in Missouri of Escherichia coli O157:H7 associated with bloody diarrhea and death.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on November 15, 1992

Authors

D L Swerdlow1, B A Woodruff, R C Brady, P M Griffin, S Tippen, H D Donnell, E Geldreich, B J Payne, A Meyer, J G Wells

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1: Enteric Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.

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