School outbreak ofEscherichia coliO157 with high levels of transmission, Staffordshire, England, February 2012
Author(s) -
Laura Bayliss,
R W Carr,
Obaghe Edeghere,
Elizabeth Knapper,
Kathy Nye,
Gareth Harvey,
Goutam K. Adak,
Harsh Duggal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdv122
Subject(s) - outbreak , vtec , verocytotoxin , asymptomatic , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , epidemiology , population , pediatrics , environmental health , asymptomatic carrier , contact tracing , public health , incidence (geometry) , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , escherichia coli , biology , covid-19 , pathology , biochemistry , physics , optics , electrical engineering , gene , engineering
Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) are bacteria that cause infectious gastroenteritis and in certain settings can cause widespread infection due to secondary transmission. We describe the findings of an investigation of a school-based outbreak of VTEC in Staffordshire, England.
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