Secondary Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infection, Japan, 2010-2012

Secondary Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infection, Japan, 2010-2012

To evaluate the potential public health risk caused by secondary Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections in Japan, we investigated the prevalence and characteristics of STEC isolated from healthy adults during 2010–2012. Although prevalence among healthy adults was...

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Main Authors: Tomoko Morita-Ishihara, Sunao Iyoda, Atsushi Iguchi, Makoto Ohnishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
STEC
healthy adults
asymptomatic carriers
incidence rate
secondary transmission
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/12/16-0783_article

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