On-going national outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium DT8.
The UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) has investigated an on-going national outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium DT8.
"So far this year, the HPA has confirmed 66 reports of human infection in England and Northern Ireland. Figures for previous years were 34 in 2008 and 47 in 2009. Of the reported cases two are known to have been hospitalised, one of whom has died. Cases are mainly adults with an average age of 46 years, and most are men (61 per cent). Cases have been referred from Northern Ireland and most regions in England, with predominance in the South East and North West." It is believed that the outbreak could be connected to duck eggs.
"So far this year, the HPA has confirmed 66 reports of human infection in England and Northern Ireland. Figures for previous years were 34 in 2008 and 47 in 2009. Of the reported cases two are known to have been hospitalised, one of whom has died. Cases are mainly adults with an average age of 46 years, and most are men (61 per cent). Cases have been referred from Northern Ireland and most regions in England, with predominance in the South East and North West." It is believed that the outbreak could be connected to duck eggs.
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