Open AccessScottish outbreak of Escherichia coli O157, November-December 1996
Author(s) -
J. Cowden
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.02.01.00134-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , escherichia coli , public health , medicine , environmental health , veterinary medicine , virology , biology , pathology , biochemistry , gene
On the afternoon of Friday 22 November 1996, Lanarkshire Health Board’s Public Health Department became aware of 15 cases of possible Escherichia coli O157 infection (five of which had been confirmed microbiologically) in residents of the town of Wishaw i