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Eleanor Wilson

Child's death after petting zoo trip sparks warning

A three-year-old girl has died from a bacterial infection after a visit to a petting farm. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

A three-year-old girl's tragic death from a rare infection commonly found in farm animals has triggered warnings from health authorities over the importance of hand hygiene.

The girl died in a Melbourne hospital over the weekend after six weeks in intensive care battling rare complications of a bacterial infection known as Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC).

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