Which Happened First?

2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak

2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
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A novel strain of Escherichia coli O104:H4 bacteria caused a serious outbreak of foodborne illness focused in northern Germany in May through June 2011.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. 2002–2004 SARS outbreakNovember 16, 2002 – May 19, 2004
  2. 2009 swine flu pandemicMarch 2009 – August 10, 2010
  3. 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak (this page)May 2011 – June 2011
  4. Western African Ebola virus epidemicDecember 2013 – June 2016
  5. 2015–16 Zika virus epidemicApril 2015 – November 2016
  6. 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemicAugust 1, 2018

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