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E Coli

Volume 410: debated on Friday 19 September 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many recorded (a) E-coli infections and (b) E-coli 0157 infections there were in each year since 1997 which were linked to camping or visiting open farms; and if he will make a statement. [128928]

The table shows the number of laboratory confirmed cases of Escherichia coli 0157 (E. coli) infection in England, Wales and Scotland from 1983 to 2002.The first case of infection with a Vero-cytotoxin producing strain of Escherichia coli (VTEC) was diagnosed in 1982. Virtually all cases of Vero-cytotoxin producing strains of E. coli infection are caused by E. coli 0157. All cases of E. coli infection associated with camping or visits to open farms have been due to the 0157 strain.Data on sporadic cases are not included because it is not possible to link individual sporadic cases to a particular route of transmission.

Report yearE. coli 0157E. coli 0157 associated with camping or open farms
19830
19846
198553
198680
1987101
198888
1989206

Report year

E.coli 0157

E.coli 0157 associated with camping or open farms

1990415
1991563
1992585
1993504
19946535
19951,0390
19961,1660
19971,51330
19981,10711
19991,37821
20001,09333
20011,00323
20028245

This table does not include outbreaks associated with camping or visiting open farms in which infection was acquired from contaminated food or water. The figures for 2002 are provisional.