AgVenture Farms / Florida Fair E. coli Outbreak
Outbreak News
- Toddlers still fight E. coli infections
- Petting zoo cases of E. coli rises to 24
- Petting-zoo safety stressed in wake of E. coli illnesses
- Petting zoo linked to illness
- Third fair linked to petting zoo E. coli outbreak that sickened 22
- E. coli sickens 4 more victims
- Dire warning about E. coli is necessary
- E. coli victim downgraded to critical
- Pasco girl’s death may have link to E. coli outbreak
- Petting zoos being shuttered in wake of sicknesses
- 3 new cases of rare kidney disease found
- Ever-present E. coli can cause illness, death
- Sickened Children All Went To A Fair
- E. coli attorney speaks out about E. coli outbreaks at fairs, petting zoos
- State probes what caused kidney failure in 5 children
The Florida Department of Health began investigating a potential E. coli O157:H7 outbreak among people who interacted with animals at the Central Florida State Fair and the Florida Strawberry Festival in mid-March, 2005 after several children were admitted to Orlando-area hospitals with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, a complication of E. coli infection that causes kidney failure. Investigators suspected that the source of infection was livestock in petting zoos. As of March 30, investigators had confirmed 22 E. coli cases statewide, and another 24 adults and children were suspected of having the bacterial infection or HUS.