Salmonella Bareilly outbreak continues
The UK HPA reports that an outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly infection associated with contaminated bean sprouts is ongoing, although fewer new cases of illness are now being recorded.
"The Health Protection Agency's Centre for Infections (CFI) in Colindale has identified 204 cases of S. Bareilly in England, Wales (5 of the cases) and Northern Ireland (3 of the cases) since the beginning of August - nearly six times the number that the CFI would normally expect to see in that timescale.Health Protection Scotland identified 21 cases in the same period.
"The Health Protection Agency's Centre for Infections (CFI) in Colindale has identified 204 cases of S. Bareilly in England, Wales (5 of the cases) and Northern Ireland (3 of the cases) since the beginning of August - nearly six times the number that the CFI would normally expect to see in that timescale.Health Protection Scotland identified 21 cases in the same period.
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