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Volume 7, Number 5—October 2001
Research

Factors Contributing to the Emergence of Escherichia coli O157 in Africa

Paul Effler*Comments to Author , Margaretha Isaäcson†, Lorraine Arntzen†, Rosemary Heenan‡, Paul Canter§, Timothy Barrett*, Lisa Lee*, Clifford Mambo§, William Levine*, Akbar Zaidi*, and Patricia M. Griffin*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, South Africa; ‡GOAL, Dublin, Ireland; §Ubombo Sugar Limited, Big Bend, Swaziland

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Number of persons with diarrhea visiting the Ndzevane (NZV) and Malindza (MAL) settlement clinics, Lubombo, Swaziland, October 7, 1992, through January 17, 1993. Data were obtained by retrospectively reviewing the clinic logbooks at each site. "NZV local" indicates Swazi nationals residing locally who sought care at the Ndzevane clinic. "NZV refugee" indicates refugees resident in the settlement treated at the clinic. "MAL dysentery" indicates all persons seen at the Malindza clinic with bloody

Figure 4. . Number of persons with diarrhea visiting the Ndzevane (NZV) and Malindza (MAL) settlement clinics, Lubombo, Swaziland, October 7, 1992, through January 17, 1993. Data were obtained by retrospectively reviewing the clinic logbooks at each site. "NZV local" indicates Swazi nationals residing locally who sought care at the Ndzevane clinic. "NZV refugee" indicates refugees resident in the settlement treated at the clinic. "MAL dysentery" indicates all persons seen at the Malindza clinic with bloody diarrhea. "MAL diarrhea" indicates all persons seen at the Malindza clinic with diarrhea that was not specified as bloody.

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