title: The epidemiology of infections caused by Escherichia coli O157:H7, other enterohemorrhagic E. coli, and the associated hemolytic uremic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Tauxe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003092:Colitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D005506:Food Contamination; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000382:microbiology*; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000382:microbiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012703:Serotyping; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2