食品伙伴網(wǎng)訊   據(jù)美國食品安全新聞網(wǎng)消息，近日由美國墨西哥風味連鎖餐廳Chipotle's食物中毒引發(fā)的大腸桿菌O26疫情在美國蔓延，導(dǎo)致20人住院。

    根據(jù)英國相關(guān)研究，10年前大腸桿菌O26和大腸桿菌0157的健康風險就已經(jīng)基本持平，4年前美國農(nóng)業(yè)部將其列為6個最常見的大腸桿菌致病菌之一。

    美國疾病預(yù)防和控制中心（CDC）稱，近兩年來由大腸桿菌O26引發(fā)的食物中毒事件明顯增多，在未來可能引發(fā)更多的疫情，尤其是引發(fā)溶血性尿毒綜合癥的病例數(shù)量可能會遠超過大腸桿菌O157。

    部分原文報道如下：

    “When you're only No. 2, you try harder,” was Avis' slogan for 50 years. It could be picked up at some point in the future by E. coli 026, the pathogen that has sickened Chipotle customers in nine states.

    It's been just a dozen years since 026 began to get recognition as a new killer strain of E. coli that could become a serious health threat in the United States. To illustrate the point, Dr. Mark Stevens of the Institute for Animal Health in the United Kingdom said a decade ago that 026 was already as dangerous as E. coli O157.

    原文鏈接：http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/12/e-coli-o26-the-emerging-pathogen-bugging-chipotles-customers/#.VnEPDfQTPrw <http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2015/12/e-coli-o26-the-emerging-pathogen-bugging-chipotles-customers/>