Volume 6, Number 3—June 2000

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Costs and Benefits of a Subtype-Specific Surveillance System for Identifying Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreaks

Elamin H. Elbasha* , Thomas D. Fitzsimmons*†, and Martin I. Meltzer*

Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and †Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA

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Figure. Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection outcome tree. Severity categories (1)-(9) are described in Table 2.

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