General outbreak of foodborne illness in humans, England and Wales: weeks 1 to 4, 2018
Updated 13 April 2018
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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South West | Campylobacter | Restaurant | January | 10 | 3 | Not known | D |
West Midlands | Campylobacter | Sports training centre canteen | January | 3 | 1 | Not known | 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 12 issue 2.