Within a period of days, more than 45 teenagers in a small r…
Within a period of days, more than 45 teenagers in a small rural town were diagnosed with hemorrhagic colitis. Unfortunately, another 50 patients contracted the disease, 2 of which developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, before epidemiologists were able to identify the source of infection: a contaminated batch of ground beef at the local hamburger joint. Which microbe was most likely the causative agent of this outbreak?
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