The epidemiology of infections caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7, other enterohemorrhagic E. coli, and the associated hemolytic uremic syndrome

Epidemiol Rev. 1991:13:60-98. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036079.

Authors

P M Griffin¹, R V Tauxe

Affiliation

¹ Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.

PMID: 1765120
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036079

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacterial Toxins / metabolism
Canada / epidemiology
Child
Colitis / microbiology*
Disease Outbreaks*
Disease Reservoirs
Escherichia coli / classification*
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
Escherichia coli / metabolism
Escherichia coli Infections / diagnosis
Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
Escherichia coli Infections / transmission
Food Contamination
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / microbiology*
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / epidemiology*
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology
Humans
Incidence
Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / microbiology
Risk Factors
Serotyping
Shiga Toxin 1
Shiga Toxin 2
United Kingdom / epidemiology
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Shiga Toxin 1
Shiga Toxin 2