TY - JOUR
AU1 - Gangarosa, Eugene J.
AB - THE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. VOL. 137, :\'0. 5 • ~IAY 1978 © 1978 by the University of Chicago. 0022-1899178/3705-0008$00.75 From the Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia Eugene J. Gangarosa Data compiled on the epidemiology of Escheri­ the prototype of the invasive group, is an exam­ ple of an organism that requires only a small chia coli, specifically in reference to its current inoculum to cause disease. The transmission of role as an enteric pathogen in the United States, such organisms occurs by contact spread, as well indicate the close synergistic relationship this pathogen has developed with humans and ani­ as by food and water. This explains why labora­ mals. In contrast to the genetically related organ­ tory infections and secondary transmission of isms Shigella and Salmonella, E. coli is epide­ Shigella are relatively common; such contact in­ miologically benign, and E. coli-induced enteric fections, however, rarely occur with E. coli. disease is rare in the United States. Unlike other E. coli is pathogenic both for the intestinal enteric pathogens, the type of E. coli normally tract and for other tissues. The diarrheagenic (or inhabiting our intestinal flora has a remarkable enteric) E. coli can be subdivided into 
TI - Epidemiology of Escherichia coli in the United States
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/137.5.634
DA - 1978-05-01
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SP - 634
EP - 638
VL - 137
IS - 5
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ER -