Fig 1.
Beef supply chain conceptual model and relevant input variables.
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Table 1.
Input parameters used in the risk assessment model of STEC due to beef consumption.
Fig 2.
Flowchart of the cattle transport literature search according to PRISMA.
Fig 3.
Cross-contamination scenarios at retail and home.
Table 2.
Beef consumption by the Argentine population (6 months to 15 years of age) [82].
Table 3.
Probability of illness, HUS and death and annual number of HUS cases from consumption of beef cuts, ground beef and commercial hamburgers contaminated with STEC.
Fig 4.
(A-C). Sensitivity analysis of model inputs on the probability of developing HUS.