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2014 - STEC/VTEC isolates

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Summary

Verocytotoxin-producing E.coli (VTEC/STEC) confirmed by ERL in 2014. There were 193 STEC confirmed in 2014 (170 (88.1%) E. coli O157:H7), compared to 215 STEC in 2013 (192 (89.3%) E. coli O157:H7). The DHBs with the highest number of STEC cases were Waikato and Auckland with 38 and 35 cases, respectively.

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