TY - JOUR AU - Sakuma, Mio AU - Urashima, Mitsuyoshi AU - Okabe, Nobuhiko T1 - Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli, Japan, 1999–2004 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 323 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 1999, an infectious disease prevention law was enacted in Japan that affected the nationwide infectious surveillance system. A total of 19,304 laboratory-confirmed verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli cases were reported through 2004. The annual incidence was 2.74/100,000 population; its fluctuation over time and space was associated with climate, socioeconomic, and population factors. KW - Escherichia coli KW - 0157 KW - emerging infectious disease KW - epidemiology KW - child KW - dispatch KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid1202.050268 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/2/05-0268_article ER - End of Reference