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12 June 2009

Next update: 19 June 2009
Last updated: 12 June 2009, Volume 3, No 23 (PDF file: 145 Kb)

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Enteric Routine Data Reports

 



General outbreaks of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 18-22/2009

Preliminary information has been received about the following outbreaks.

Health Protection Unit
Organism
Location of food prepared or served
Month of outbreak
Number ill
Cases
positive
Suspect vehicle
Evidence
Essex
Campylobacter
Function
May
27
3
Chicken liver pate
D, S
Cumbria & Lancashire
Cryptosporidiosis
Farm
May
 100 5
–
 D
Greater Manchester
Rotavirus
Synagogue
April
38
4
–
–
D = descriptive evidence (ie reported by local investigators as indicating the suspect vehicle or food);
S = statistical evidence (ie a significant statistical association between consumption of the suspect vehicle(s) and being a case).

Salmonella infections (faecal specimens), England and Wales: reports to the HPA (salmonella data set), April 2009

Details of serotypes of 502 salmonella infections recorded in April are given in the table below. In May 2009, 344 salmonella infections were recorded.

Organism

Cases
April 2009*
S. Enteritidis PT4
17
S. Enteritidis (other PTs)
132
S. Typhimurium
121
S. Virchow
16
Others (typed)
216
Total salmonella (provisional data)
502
* Figures quoted from the Health Protection Agency salmonella data set are for isolates confirmed and typed by Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Pathogens (LGP).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales, laboratory reports: weeks 18-22/2009

.

Laboratory reports

Number of reports
received

Total reports

Cumulative
total

18/09

19/09

20/09

21/09

22/09

18-22/09

01-22/09

01-22/08

Campylobacter

999

892

1151

1288

808

5138

18428

16359

Escherichia coli O157 *

17

12

14

13

9

65

166

268

Salmonella †

139

109

112

74

19

453

2148

3116

Shigella sonnei

29

22

28

26

12

117

401

239

Rotavirus

517

332

311

271

158

1589

13320

12099

Norovirus

100

104

54

46

20

324

4792

3676

Cryptosporidium

87

58

64

53

11

273

1070

933

Giardia

52

58

66

62

49

287

1214

1179
*Vero cytotoxin–producing isolates (data from HPA's Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Pathogens, LGP).
† Data from Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Pathogens.

Salmonella serotypes recorded in the Health Protection Agency salmonella data set January to March 2009 (provisional)

All serotypes recorded in the HPA salmonella data set in the first quarter of 2009 are listed below. There were more than ten reports of 18 serotypes, two to ten reports of 43 serotypes, and one report of 54 serotypes.

More than 10 reports of the following serotypes were received: January to March 2009

Serotype No. of reports
S. Arizonae
17
S. Bareilly
14
S. Braenderup
11
S. Chester
11
S. Enteritidis
324
S. Hadar
15
S. Heidelberg
17
S. Infantis
31
S. Java
16
S. Kentucky
13
S. Montevideo
13
S. Newport
28
S. Saint-Paul
22
S. Senftenberg
15
S. Stanley
18
S. Typhimurium
306
S. Unnamed
73
S. Virchow
44

Between two and 10 reports of each of the following serotypes were received: January to March 2009

Serotype No. of reports Serotype No. of reports
S. Adelaide
2
S. Lanka
2
S. Agama
2
S. Larochelle
2
S. Agbeni
4
S. Mbandaka
9
S. Agona
8
S. Mikawasima
2
S. Albany
2
S. Mississippi
5
S. Anatum
5
S. Muenchen
7
S. Bovis-Morbificans
5
S. Muenster
3
S. Brandenburg
2
S. Nima
2
S. Bredeney
2
S. Oranienburg
3
S. Cerro
5
S. Oslo
5
S. Colindale
2
S. Panama
4
S. Corvallis
5
S. Poona
5
S. Cotham
3
S. Reading
5
S. Derby
5
S. Rissen
3
S. Durham
5
S. San-Diego
2
S.Ealing
2
S. Schwarzengrund
7
S.Haifa
3
S. Stanleyville
5
S. Havana
7
S. Tel-El-Kebir
2
S.Hofit
2
S. Tennessee
5
S. Hull
2
S. Thompson
4
S. Kedougou
2
S. Weltevreden
8
S. Kottbus
4
   

One each of the following serotypes were received: January to March 2009

Serotype S. Dublin S. Hartford S. Kisarawe S. Pasing
S. Aberdeen S. Duesseldorf S. Hennepin S. Lisboa S. Pomona
S. Abony S. Eastbourne S. Hvittingfoss S. Litchfield S. Richmond
S. Alachua S. Edinburg S. Indiana S. Liverpool S. Singapore
S. Anecho S. Enugu S. Javiana S. Manhattan S. Souza
S. Apapa S. Fufu S. Kande S. Matopeni S. Stoneferry
S. Arechavaleta S. Galiema S. Kenya S. Morehead S. Taksony
S. Bispebjerg S. Gaminara S. Kiambu S. Moscow S. Uganda
S. Carmel S. Goelzau S. Kingston S. Nchanga S. Wassenaar
S. Chailey S. Grumpensis S. Kintambo S. Obogu S. Wien
S. Drypool S. Hagenbeck S. Kirkee S. Ohio S. Woodinville

 

Suspected and laboratory-confirmed reported norovirus outbreaks in hospitals, with regional breakdown: weeks 18-22/2009

Since 1 January 2009, 339 outbreaks of suspected and confirmed norovirus outbreaks have been reported to the system of surveillance of norovirus outbreaks in hospitals.

Table. Suspected and laboratory-confirmed reported norovirus outbreaks in hospitals, with regional breakdown: outbreaks occurring in weeks 18-22

 

 

Outbreaks between weeks
18-22/09

Total outbreaks 01-22/09

Outbreaks

Ward closure

Lab-confirmed

Outbreaks

Ward closure

Lab-confirmed

East of England

2

2

1

20

18

16

East Midlands

4

4

3

31

26

26

London

–

–

–

2

2

1

North East

2

–

2

30

21

18

North West

8

7

7

88

65

63

South East

7

7

4

47

45

18

South West

10

9

7

55

50

46

West Midlands

1

1

1

34

34

30

Yorkshire & Humberside

2

2

–

32

21

22

Total

36

32

25

339

282

240

Comparison of laboratory data to last year. The total number of laboratory reports for norovirus received in the current season to week 22 was 7694, which is a 23% increase in the number to week 22 in the previous season (6279).

Note. The norovirus season runs from week 27 in year 1 to week 26 in year 2; ie week 27, 2007, to week 26, 2008 (ie July to June), in order to capture the winter peak in one season.