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. 2016 Apr;22(4):742-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid2204.151160.

Serogroup-specific Seasonality of Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Ireland

Patricia Garvey, Anne Carroll, Eleanor McNamara, André Charlett, Kostas Danis, Paul J McKeown

Serogroup-specific Seasonality of Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Ireland

Patricia Garvey et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: E. coli; Ireland; Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli; VTEC; bacteria; seasonality; seasons; time series; verotoxigenic.

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Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157 and VTEC O26, Ireland, 2004–2014. A) Seasonal distribution of notifications. B) Predicted seasonal distribution. Data source: Computerised Infectious Disease Reporting System (https://www.hpsc.ie/NotifiableDiseases) in Ireland, as of June 24, 2015. Predicted number of cases by month were derived from a cyclical quasi-Poisson model after trend and seasonality and interaction by serogroup were accounted for.
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