Research and analysis

Foodborne illness in humans: general outbreaks in England and Wales in 2017

• From: Public Health England
• Part of: Health Protection Report: latest infection reports
• Published: 10 March 2017
• Last updated: 14 July 2017, see all updates

Reporting of general outbreaks of foodborne illness week by week including organism and number of people ill.

Documents

General outbreak of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 22 to 26, 2017

Ref: HPR 11(24) HTML

General outbreak of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 18 to 21, 2017

Ref: HPR 11(20) HTML

General outbreak of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 14 to 17, 2017

Ref: HPR 11(17) HTML

General outbreak of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 9 to 13, 2017

Ref: HPR 11(14) HTML

General outbreak of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 5 to 8, 2017

Ref: HPR 11(10) HTML

Details

An outbreak is an incident in which two or more people, thought to have a common exposure, experience a similar illness or proven infection (at least one of them having been ill).

A general outbreak is an outbreak affecting members of more than one household or residents of an institution.

For previous data see the archive of older reports.

Document information

Published: 10 March 2017

Updated: 14 July 2017

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1. 14 July 2017 Uploaded HPR 11(24) report.
2. 9 June 2017 HPR 11(20) report uploaded
3. 12 May 2017 HPR 11(17) report uploaded
4. 13 April 2017 HPR 11(14) report uploaded
5. 10 March 2017 First published.

From: Public Health England

Part of: Health Protection Report: latest infection reports