# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Massachusetts, 2011-07
> **Water** · Confirmed · 8 ill / 3 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-528bee5485ac
- **Date:** 2011-07
- **State:** Massachusetts
- **Primary mode:** Water
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Beach
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 8
- **Hospitalizations:** 3
- **Deaths:** 0
## Water exposure

- **Exposure:** Recreational water -- untreated
- **Water type:** Ocean

## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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