Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program

Escherichia coli

There are hundreds of different strains of E. coli and most strains do not make people sick.  The most serious strains are called shiga toxin producing e-coli (STEC) that can cause bloody diarrhea.

• Shiga Toxin Producing E.Coli (Microsoft Word*)
• Escherichia coli  summary
• Shiga toxin producing E. coli 2009 Surveillance Report (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*)
• Food Safety and Raw Milk
• Federal CDC STEC and National Outbreak Investigations