Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Strategies to Reduce Person-to-Person Transmission during Widespread Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreak

Edmund Y.W. Seto*, Jeffrey A. Soller†

, and John M. Colford*

Author affiliations: *University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, California, USA; †Soller Environmental/Eisenberg, Olivieri, & Associates, Berkeley, California, USA

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Number of ill persons over time, calibrated to the outbreak case data (131 cases from August 2 to September 19, 2006, with 93% of illnesses from August 19 to September 5, 2006) and to the timing of a person-to-person intervention program under the assumptions of 12% (A) and 75% (B) secondary transmission.

Figure 2. Number of ill persons over time, calibrated to the outbreak case data (131 cases from August 2 to September 19, 2006, with 93% of illnesses from August 19 to September 5, 2006) and to the timing of a person-to-person intervention program under the assumptions of 12% (A) and 75% (B) secondary transmission.

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