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Table 4 Attack rates and mean child age within day-care centre departments

From: Investigation of an Escherichia coli O145 outbreak in a child day-care centre - extensive sampling and characterization of eae- and stx 1-positive E. coli yields epidemiological and socioeconomic insight

 

Department

Total all departments

 

1

2

3

 

No. of children within department

14

22

25

61

Mean child age within department

1.5

2.9

3.8

3.0

No. of cases within department

7

4

5

16

Attack rate within department

0.50

0.18

0.20

0.26

  1. STEC O145 outbreak in child day-care centre Norway, 2009 (n = 16).