date:Jun 19, 2012
Fourteen people have so farbeen infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) O145 across six US states, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The state of Georgia has been worst affected by the outbreak, having recorded five cases. Another four have been reported in Louisiana, two in Alabama and one each in California, Florida and Tennessee.
Of these, three have been hospitalised and one person has been reported dead in Louisiana.