Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 58 (6), 398-400, 2005
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Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications
An Outbreak of Shigatoxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a Nursery School in Mie Prefecture
Akira Sugiyama*, Yoshito Iwade, Shigehiro Akachi, Yoko Nakano, Yukari Matsuno, Takuya Yano, Akinori Yamauchi, Osamu Nakayama, Haruko Sakai1, Ken-ichi Yamamoto2, Yuji Nagasaka2, Takashi Nakano3, Toshiaki Ihara3 and Hitoshi Kamiya3
Mie Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Mie 512-1211, 1Mie Prefectural Kuwana Health Center, Mie 511-8567, 2Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Health Center, Mie 510-8511 and 3Mie National Hospital, Mie 514-0125, Japan
Communicated by Haruo Watanabe
Accepted October 31, 2005
*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Mie Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, 3690-1 Sakura-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie 512-1211, Japan. Tel: +81-593-29-3004, E-mail: sugiya00@pref.mie.jp