Fig. 1.
The number of patients of food poisoning by various causal agents in Japan from 2001 to 2015 and the number of notified STEC infection during the same period. Note that the number of patients of food poisoning by STEC is strikingly smaller than that of notified STEC infection. The number of patients with The number of patients of food poisoning by various causal agents in Japan from 2001 to 2015 and the number of notified STEC infection during the same period. Note that the number of patients of food poisoning by STEC is strikingly smaller than that of notified STEC infection. The number of patients with Salmonella species and Vibrio parahaemolyticus are in decline.