Figure 9.3.2: Enteric infections by month
Number of enteric infections reported by month, Middlesex-London, 2014 to 2018 monthly average
Source:
Public Health Ontario Infectious Diseases Query: Middlesex-London Health Unit: Case counts and crude rates of reportable diseases by year. Toronto ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2019 May 1 [cited 2019 May 7].Note:
* VTEC = Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli), including hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
In general, the average number of enteric infections reported tended to be highest in the summer months of June, July, and August, with the exceptions of amebiasis, hepatitis A, and shigellosis.