Update since 29 June – 11:00: In the EU/EEA, 888 HUS cases, including 31 deaths, and 3 189 non-HUS cases, including 17 deaths, have so far been reported. The table below shows the distribution of reported cases per country. Germany reports three additional HUS and 19 additional non-HUS STEC cases since the last update. The latest known date of onset of diarrhoea for cases is 24 June in Germany.
On Friday 24 June, France reported a cluster of patients with bloody diarrhoea, who had participated in an event in the commune of Bègles around Bordeaux on 8 June. As of 28 June, eight cases of bloody diarrhoea and a further eight cases with HUS have been identified. Eleven of these patients had attended the event in Bègles, where nine reported having eaten sprouts. They are seven women and four men, between 31 and 64 years of age. Infection with E. coli O104:H4 has been confirmed for four patients with HUS.
Thorough investigations are now being carried out to determine the suspected vehicle of infection for the cases reported in the French cluster, and whether there is any link between that cluster and the large outbreak reported from Germany.
Table 1: Number of probable and confirmed HUS cases and non-HUS STEC cases with associated deaths per EU/EEA Member State as of 30 June, 11:00
|
Countries reporting HUS cases |
|
Austria |
1 (0) |
4 (0) |
|
Czech Republic |
0 (0) |
1 (0) |
|
Denmark |
9 (0) |
14 (0) |
|
France |
4 (0) Confirmed cases*
4 (0) Suspected cases* |
2 (0) Probable and confirmed cases**
8 (0) Suspected cases* |
|
Germany |
687 (23) Probable and confirmed
154 (7) Suspected cases |
3 110 (17) |
|
Greece |
0 (0) |
1 (0) |
|
Luxembourg |
1 (0) |
1 (0) |
|
Netherlands |
4 (0) |
7 (0) |
|
Norway |
0 (0) |
1 (0) |
|
Poland |
2 (0) |
1 (0) |
|
Spain |
1 (0) |
1 (0) |
|
Sweden |
18 (1) |
35 (0) |
|
The United Kingdom |
3 (0) |
3 (0) |
Note: the numbers in this table represent the total number of cases reported at the European level (ECDC) so far. Although daily numbers of reported cases have steadily decreased in the last weeks, these cumulative numbers continue to rise due to reporting delays at the various levels.
* Cases reported from the new outbreak in Bordeaux
** Cases reported earlier, linked to travel to Germany
Read more:
Escherichia coli (E. coli) health topic site: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/escherichia_coli/Pages/index.aspx
See list of all epidemiological updates, disease information: http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/escherichia_coli/Pages/index.aspx
EFSA/ECDC Joint Rapid Risk Assessment, published on 29 June:
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/2011June29_RA_JOINT_EFSA_STEC_France.pdf