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14 November 2008

Next update: 12 December 2009
Last updated: 14 November 2008, Volume 2, No 46 (PDF file: xxx Kb)

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Enteric Routine Data Reports

 




General outbreaks of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 41-44/2008

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
West Yorkshire
Campylobacter Hotel May 7 3
West Midlands East
S. Enteritidis PT12 Residential Institution July 2 2
SW Peninsular - Devon
Salmonella Enteritidis PT6
Residential institution
Sept
4
4
Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge
Salmonella Enteritidis PT6 Residential Institution Sept 4 4 Raw egg drink D
Bradford
S. Enteritidis PT4 Restaurant Oct 4 4
South Yorkshire
S. Typhimurium PT193 Public House Sept 16 9 Egg mayonnaise sandwiches S

Salmonella infections (faecal specimens), England and Wales: reports to the HPA (Salmonella data set), September 2008

Details of serotypes of 1047 Salmonella infections recorded in September are given in the table below. In October 2008, 568 Salmonella infections were recorded and preliminary information was received about five outbreaks (see table above).

Organism

Cases
September 2008

S. Enteritidis PT4
103
S. Enteritidis (other PTs)
503
S. Typhimurium
188
S. Virchow
31
Others (typed)
222
Total Salmonella (provisional data)
1047


Common gastrointestinal infections, England and Wales: laboratory reports, weeks 41-44/2008

 

 

 

 

 

Laboratory reports

Number of reports
received

Total reports

Cumulative
total

41/08

42/08

43/08

44/08

41-44/08

01-44/08

01-44/07

Campylobacter

1001

974

973

632

3580

42521

45292

Escherichia coli O157*

9

28

32

12

81

860

646

Salmonella †

174

135

108

47

464

8093

10312

Shigella sonnei

37

26

19

7

89

671

909

Rotavirus

55

52

29

38

174

13331

12465

Norovirus

90

69

66

59

284

4713

4231

Cryptosporidium

135

128

143

90

496

3233

2615

Giardia

53

64

69

47

233

2752

2567

Typhoid and paratyphoid, England and Wales: laboratory reports, July to September 2008

Organism and phage type
Infection acquired abroad
Excreters and carriers
Number of cases
Yes
No
Not
reported
S. Typhi
A
1
1
B1
1
1
D1
6
3
3
D2
2
2
E1
21
10
11
E9 variant
16
10
6
E10
1
1
J1
2
1
1
O
1
1
40
1
1
53
2
1
1
Degraded
2
2
Degraded Vi-2
2
1
1
Untypable
6
2
4
Untypable Vi-1
2
2
Untypable Vi-2
4
2
2
Untypable Vi-7
1
1
Total
71
35
36
S. Paratyphi A
1
10
8
2
1A
6
4
2
2
8
6
2
3
7
7
0
4
11
5
6
6A
2
2
0
13
12
7
5
Untypable
1
1
0
Total
57
40
17
S. Paratyphi B
Dundee
1
1
Taunton
7
2
5
Total
8
2
6

Seventy-one cases of Salmonella Typhi infection were reported in the third quarter of 2008. Thirty five cases were infected abroad (Indian subcontinent 27, Nigeria 2, Iraq 2, Ghana 1, Sierra Leone 1, Africa unspecified 1, Country unspecified 1). In 36 cases the country of infection was not stated.

Fifty-seven cases of S. Paratyphi A infection were reported. Forty cases were infected abroad (Indian subcontinent 38, Brazil 1, Country unspecified 1). In 17 cases the country of infection was not stated.

Eight cases of S. Paratyphi B infection were reported, two were infected abroad (Pakistan 1, Country unspecified 1). In six cases the country of infection was not stated.