Figure 9.3.20 VTEC by year
Rate of verotoxin-producing E. coli infections reported per 100,000 population, Middlesex-London and Ontario, 2005 to 2018
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 8 [cited 2019 May 13].Between 2005 and 2018, the rate of VTEC infections among Middlesex-London residents fluctuated, while the rate for Ontario as a whole demonstrated a general decreasing pattern.
Across the 14-year time period, the rate among Middlesex-London residents was comparable to the Ontario rate except in 2008, when the local rate was significantly lower than the provincial rate.