The surveillance of vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in Wales, 1990 to 1998

Emerg Infect Dis. 1999 Jul-Aug;5(4):566-9. doi: 10.3201/eid0504.990422.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / epidemiology
  • Abdominal Pain / microbiology
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacterial Toxins* / biosynthesis
  • Bacterial Toxins* / genetics
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coliphages / classification
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / physiopathology
  • Escherichia coli O157* / classification
  • Escherichia coli O157* / genetics
  • Escherichia coli O157* / metabolism
  • Female
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance
  • Shiga Toxin 1
  • Shiga Toxin 2
  • Wales / epidemiology

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Shiga Toxin 1
  • Shiga Toxin 2