# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Massachusetts, 2002-08
> **Food** · Confirmed · 13 ill / 3 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-4c2272b7b03e
- **Date:** 2002-08
- **State:** Massachusetts
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Caterer;Private home/residence;Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 13
- **Hospitalizations:** 3
- **Deaths:** 0
## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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