General outbreaks of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 18 to 22, 2015
Updated 15 January 2016
Preliminary information has been received about the following outbreaks.
PHE Centre / HPT | Organism | Location of food prepared or served | Month of outbreak | Number ill | Cases positive | Suspect vehicle | Evidence |
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North East | Salmonella Kedougou | Restaurant | May | 75 | 23 Salmonella spp/ 8 Salmonella Kedougou | No food identified | D |
West Midlands North | Salmonella spp, non-typhoidal or unspecified | Restaurant | May | 14 | Not known | Not known | Not known |
Greater Manchester | Norovirus | Restaurant | May | 26 | Not known | Not known | Not known |
South East Wales | Campylobacter | Other | May | 8 | 6 | Salad suspected | D |
D = Descriptive epidemiological evidence: suspicion of a food vehicle in an outbreak based on the identification of common food exposures, from the systematic evaluation of cases and their characteristics and food histories over the likely incubation period by standardised means (such as standard questionnaires) from all, or an appropriate subset of, cases.
Published in Health Protection Report volume 9 issue 20.