Research and analysis

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.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 9 February 2018
• Last updated: 13 April 2018 — See all updates

Documents

General outbreak of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 9 to 13, 2018

Ref: HPR 12(13)

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General outbreak of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 5 to 8, 2018

Ref: HPR 12(9)

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General outbreak of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 1 to 4, 2018

Ref: HPR 12(5)

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Details

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. 13 April 2018

   Added HPR 12(13) report.

2. 9 March 2018

   HPR 12(9) report uploaded

3. 9 February 2018

   First published.