Chalmers R M, Parry S M, Salmon R L, Smith R M, Willshaw G A, Cheasty T
Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Emerg Infect Dis. 1999 Jul-Aug;5(4):566-9. doi: 10.3201/eid0504.990422.
Population-based surveillance for Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157 has been carried out in Wales since 1990. The annual incidence has remained stable during the 9-year period (mean: 1.6 cases per 100,000 population); the rate is highest in children younger than 5 years of age. Blood in the stool is reported in fewer than half the cases, indicating the importance of screening all fecal specimens for VTEC O157.
自1990年以来,威尔士一直在开展基于人群的产志贺毒素大肠杆菌(VTEC)O157监测。在这9年期间,年发病率保持稳定(平均每10万人口中有1.6例);5岁以下儿童的发病率最高。报告显示,不到一半的病例粪便中有血,这表明对所有粪便标本进行VTEC O157筛查的重要性。