# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Wisconsin, 1998-06
> **Food** · Confirmed · 63 ill / 24 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-ee268856f017
- **Date:** 1998-06
- **State:** Wisconsin
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 63
- **Hospitalizations:** 24
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** cheddar cheese, unspecified;cheddar cheese, unpasteurized
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Dairy

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