The Surveillance of Vero Cytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 in Wales, 1990 to 1998
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Thomas Cheasty; S. M. Parry; R. M. Chalmers; Roland L. Salmon; Geraldine A. Willshaw; Robert M.M. Smith
- Source
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 566-569 (1999)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Subject
- Adult
Diarrhea
Male
Microbiology (medical)
Adolescent
Epidemiology
Bacterial Toxins
Population
lcsh:Medicine
Biology
Escherichia coli O157
Shiga Toxin 1
medicine.disease_cause
Coliphages
Shiga Toxin 2
Annual incidence
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
fluids and secretions
medicine
Humans
lcsh:RC109-216
Child
education
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Infections
Feces
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
education.field_of_study
Wales
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
lcsh:R
Infant
Vero Cytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli
Middle Aged
Virology
United Kingdom
Abdominal Pain
Infectious Diseases
England
VTEC
Child, Preschool
Population Surveillance
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
Female
medicine.symptom
Research Article
- Language
- ISSN
- 1080-6059
1080-6040
Population-based surveillance for Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157 has been carried out in Wales since 1990. The annual incidence has remained stable during the 9-year period (mean: 1.6 cases per 100,000 population); the rate is highest in children younger than 5 years of age. Blood in the stool is reported in fewer than half the cases, indicating the importance of screening all fecal specimens for VTEC O157.