Volume 12, Number 2—February 2006

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Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli, Japan, 1999–2004

Mio Sakuma*, Mitsuyoshi Urashima*† , and Nobuhiko Okabe*†

Author affiliations: *Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; †National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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Figure 1

Figure 1. The annual oscillation of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) cases during the study period. In addition to the VTEC cases, the average air temperature (>25°C) during each week of the summer season is overlaid in the graph.

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