Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (Vtec): A Major Public Health Threat in Canada

David L Woodward; Clifford G Clark; Richard A Caldeira; Rafiq Ahmed; Frank G Rodgers

doi:10.1155/2002/383840

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 2002)

Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (Vtec): A Major Public Health Threat in Canada

David L Woodward,
Clifford G Clark,
Richard A Caldeira,
Rafiq Ahmed,
Frank G Rodgers

Affiliations

David L Woodward: National Laboratory for Enteric Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Clifford G Clark: National Laboratory for Enteric Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Richard A Caldeira: National Laboratory for Enteric Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Rafiq Ahmed: National Laboratory for Enteric Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Frank G Rodgers: National Laboratory for Enteric Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2002/383840
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 5
pp. 321 – 330

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) was first described in Canada during the 1980s as an emerging foodborne disease in association with morbidity and mortality in outbreaks of hemorrhagic colitis caused by E coli O157:H7.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
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