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Outbreak Database – Decades of Cantaloupe Outbreaks – Chemicals, Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli, Norovirus and Listeria

Bill Marler

Food and … 2001 Outbreak of Salmonella at a Nursing Home Linked to Cantaloupe, Oregon A confirmed outbreak of Salmonellosis occurred in Oregon. The exposure locations were “nursing home, assisted living, home care” or restaurant. Five persons met the case definition. The vehicle of infection was cantaloupe.

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Huntley High School E. coli Outbreak – what you need to know

Bill Marler

Sixteen (16) individuals met the case definition for the case-control study conducted by the Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Programs. 34] In reported outbreaks, the rate of death is 0-2%, with rates running as high as 16-35% in outbreaks involving the elderly, like those have occurred at nursing homes. [35]

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Law360 Bill Marler and COVID-19

Bill Marler

I think the ones that you are going to see the most are nursing home cases, failure to properly prevent the spread of a disease. But I think there’s a CDC study of a couple of the nursing homes here in the state of Washington and they had an asymptomatic worker working in two facilities, so that’s obvious how that spread.

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More settlements reached in 2018 E. coli outbreak linked to Yuma romaine lettuce

Bill Marler

37] In reported outbreaks, the rate of death is 0-2%, with rates running as high as 16-35% in outbreaks involving the elderly, like those have occurred at nursing homes. [38]. According to a recent study, an estimated 93,094 illnesses are due to domestically acquired E. coli O157:H7 each year in the United States. [32] What makes E.

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