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Awofisayo-Okuyelu, Adedoyin, Brainard, Julii, Hall, Ian and McCarthy, Noel D. (2019) Incubation period of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli. Epidemiologic Reviews, 41 (1). pp. 121-129. doi:10.1093/epirev/mxz001 ISSN 0193-936X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxz001
Abstract
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli are pathogenic bacteria found in the gastrointestinal tract of humans. Severe infections could lead to life threatening complications especially in young children and the elderly. Understanding the distribution of the incubation period, which is currently inconsistent and ambiguous, can help in controlling the burden of disease. We have undertaken a systematic review of outbreak investigation reports, extracted individual incubation data and summary estimates, tested for heterogeneity, classified studies into subgroups with limited heterogeneity and undertook a meta-analysis to identify factors that may contribute to the distribution of incubation period. Twenty-nine studies were identified for inclusion in the review, and the resulting value of I2 was 77% indicating high heterogeneity. Studies were classified into five subgroups with the mean incubation period ranging from 3.5 to 8.1 days. The length of the incubation period increased with age and decreased by 7.2 hours with every 10% increase in attack rate.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli infections, Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli, Verocytotoxins | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Epidemiologic Reviews | ||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0193-936X | ||||||
| Official Date: | 16 October 2019 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 41 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 121-129 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/epirev/mxz001 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Epidemiologic Reviews following peer review. The version of record Adedoyin Awofisayo-Okuyelu, Julii Brainard, Ian Hall, Noel McCarthy, Incubation period of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli, Epidemiologic Reviews, is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxz001 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 October 2019 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 October 2020 | ||||||
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