Evaluating the Use of Multilocus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 as a Routine Public Health Tool in England
Figure 2
a) Case classification of STEC O157 cases categorised through VESQ data and phage typing, and 2b) Case classification of STEC O157 cases categorised through VESQ data and MLVA typing: May-October 20121,2.
1.Includes 539/556 confirmed cases who had isolated typed by MLVA. 2.Travel cases reported travel outside of the UK in the seven days prior to onset of illness