Table 1.

Summary of the Epidemiological Information of the 2 Escherichia coli O8 Outbreaks

Outbreak	OB1	OB2
Year/month	2014/08	2016/09
Place	Oita prefecture, Japan
No. of patients	13	39
No. of patients suffering from:
Abdominal pain	9	35
Diarrheaa	12 (7)	38 (28)
Fever	7	2
Vomiting	3	1
Headache	1	3
No. of patient fecal samples
Tested	7	14
E. coli O8-positive	6	13
Genome sequenced strain	Oita14070	16F5M1D1

^aNumbers in parentheses indicate the numbers of patients with watery diarrhea.