TY - JOUR AU - Watanabe, Yoshiyuki AU - Ozasa, Kotaro AU - Mermin, Jonathan H. AU - Griffin, Patricia M. AU - Masuda, Kazushige AU - Imashuku, Shinsaku AU - Sawada, Tadashi T1 - Factory Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection in Japan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 1999 VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - 424 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine the cause of a July 1996 outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 among factory workers in Kyoto, Japan, we conducted cohort and case-control studies. Eating radish sprout salad during lunch at the factory cafeteria had been linked to illness. The sprouts were traced to four growers in Japan; one had been associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 among 6,000 schoolchildren in Sakai earlier in July. KW - Japan KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0503.990313 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/3/99-0313_article ER - End of Reference