E. coli: Inside Alberta's 2014 outbreak
It was the biggest E. coli outbreak in Alberta's history. How was it stopped? What was the culprit? Find out in this interactive timeline.
How investigators found the source in an unlikely place after 119 people got sick
Alberta Health Services declared an outbreak of the bacteria E. coli 0157:H7on July 29, 2014.
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This is not uncommon in Alberta as the provincehasthe highest rates of E. coli infection in the country.
But what issurprising ishow long it took health officials to find the source of the outbreak and the unusual culprit.
Followthe path of this pathogen in the interactive timeline below.