# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — North Carolina, 1999-08
> **Food** · Suspected · 3 ill / 0 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-9eb0eeda561d
- **Date:** 1999-08
- **State:** North Carolina
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Suspected
- **Setting:** Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 3
- **Hospitalizations:** 0
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** ground beef, unspecified
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Beef

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