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.

Escherichia coli fact sheet (Microsoft Word*) (Adobe PDF*) *free viewer

Escherichia coli summary

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