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2010 - STEC/VTEC isolates

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Summary

Verocytotoxin-producing E.coli (VTEC/STEC) confirmed by ERL in 2010. There were 115 confirmed isolates of E. coli O157:H7 during 2010 compared with 137 in 2009, and 13 non-O157 VTEC isolates confirmed in 2010 compared with 8 in 2009.

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