TY - JOUR AU - Elbasha, Elamin H. AU - Fitzsimmons, Thomas D. AU - Meltzer, Martin I. T1 - Costs and Benefits of a Subtype-Specific Surveillance System for Identifying Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreaks T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2000 VL - 6 IS - 3 SP - 293 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We assessed the societal costs and benefits of a subtype-specific surveillance system for identifying outbreak-associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. Using data from Colorado, we estimated that if it averted five cases annually, the system would recover all its costs. KW - Escherichia coli 0157:H7 KW - E. coli KW - surveillance system KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0603.000310 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/3/00-0310_article ER - End of Reference