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Foodborne illness: general outbreaks in England and Wales 2018

Reports on general outbreaks of foodborne illness week by week including the organism and the number of people taken ill.

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An outbreak is an incident in which 2 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.

Published 9 February 2018
Last updated 13 April 2018 + show all updates
  1. Added HPR 12(13) report.

  2. HPR 12(9) report uploaded

  3. First published.