2016 United States Elizabethkingia outbreak

2016 United States Elizabethkingia anophelis outbreak
Wisconsin, in red, the location of 63 confirmed cases as of June 16, 2016
DateNovember 1, 2015 (2015-11-01) — present
LocationWisconsin, western Michigan, and Illinois, United States[1][2]
TypeDisease outbreak
CauseElizabethkingia anophelis
Casualties
  • Cases / Deaths (as of June 16, 2016)[3][2]
  • Wisconsin: 63 / 18
  • Michigan: 1 / 1
  • Illinois: 1 / 1
Deaths20[3]

An outbreak of Elizabethkingia anophelis infections centered in Wisconsin [4][5] is thought to have led to the death of at least 20 people in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois.[6][7][1][2]

  1. ^ a b Sarah Kaplan (18 March 2016). "The mysterious infection that might be behind 17 deaths in Wisconsin has spread to a second state". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Gallardo, Michelle. "Illinois Death Linked to Elizabethkingia Outbreak That Killed 18". ABC 7 Eyewitness News. WLS-TV. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Multistate Outbreak of Infections Caused by Elizabethkingia anophelis". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). June 16, 2016. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Wisconsin Department of Health Services: "Wisconsin 2016 Elizabethkingia anophelis outbreak Archived 2023-04-27 at the Wayback Machine", last revised: March 30, 2016.
  5. ^ Perrin, Amandine; Larsonneur, Elise; Nicholson, Ainsley C.; Edwards, David J.; Gundlach, Kristin M.; Whitney, Anne M.; Gulvik, Christopher A.; Bell, Melissa E.; Rendueles, Olaya; Cury, Jean; Hugon, Perrine; Clermont, Dominique; Enouf, Vincent; Loparev, Vladimir; Juieng, Phalasy; Monson, Timothy; Warshauer, David; Elbadawi, Lina I.; Walters, Maroya Spalding; Crist, Matthew B.; Noble-Wang, Judith; Borlaug, Gwen; Rocha, Eduardo P. C.; Criscuolo, Alexis; Touchon, Marie; Davis, Jeffrey P.; Holt, Kathryn E.; McQuiston, John R.; Brisse, Sylvain (24 May 2017). "Evolutionary dynamics and genomic features of the Elizabethkingia anophelis 2015 to 2016 Wisconsin outbreak strain". Nature Communications. 8 (1): 15483. Bibcode:2017NatCo...815483P. doi:10.1038/ncomms15483. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5458099. PMID 28537263.
  6. ^ "A mysterious infection may have killed 18 people in Wisconsin, and health officials aren't sure why". Msn.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  7. ^ "Rare Elizabethkingia Bacteria Outbreak Infects 44 in Wisconsin, Killing 18 – ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. March 4, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.