The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provided more details about Campylobacter and Salmonella infections in 2023.
The number of reported Campylobacter -cases in England increased from 54,884 in 2022 to 60,014 in 2023. More recent data show a further increase to more than 70,300 in 2024.
In 2023, the region with the most Campylobacter Laboratorium reports was the Southeast with 11,140. Despite the lowest number of patients, the northeast had the highest reporting rate. The lowest rate was in London.
In general, 55.4 percent of patients were male and the most affected age groups were 50 to 59 and 60 to 69 years old. Label reports per month followed in general the same trend as the previous five years, with a peak in June.
The majority of Campylobacter samples were Campylobacter Jejuni on 11,862 followed by Campylobacter Coli with 1,300.
Five outbreaks were reported with 36 patients, 24 of whom were confirmed.
The source was unknown four times, but one incident with four patients was reduced to poultry meat in a kebab store. Two outbreaks were linked to a nursing or care home and one with 18 patients was reduced to a restaurant.
Data comes from the second generation of surveillance system run by UKHSA and the Mastro-Intestinal infections, food safety and one health (Gifsoh) division of electronic foods and non-food borne outbreak surveillance system (efoss).
Eight Salmonella outbreaks
Reported non-Typhoid Salmonella cases in England rose from 8,290 in 2022 to 8,874 in 2023. More recent data shows that nearly 10,400 infections were registered in 2024.
In 2023, Salmonella Enteritidis was the most reported Serovar with laboratory reports that increased from 2,069 in 2022 to 2,710 in 2023; Reports from Salmonella Typhimurium fell from 1,772 to 1,471. Data includes Salmonella Typhimurium and Monofasic Salmonella Typhimurium. Salmonella Infantis was third, followed by the Saintpaul, Newport, Chester and Agona Salmonella types.
London had the highest percentage of laboratory reports and the lowest rate was in the East Midlands. London had most cases with 1,739, while the northeast had the lowest with 449.
In general, 52.6 percent of the reported cases were female and the most affected age group was the category of 0 to 9 years. Salmonella broadly reports the same trend as previous five years, with a peak in September.
Eight outbreaks caused 522 cases, 510 of which were confirmed. They were associated with the consumption of various food vehicles such as poultry and red meat, eggs, coriander leaves and melons.
The biggest outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis had fallen 255 and was linked to poultry meat from Poland. This incident also influenced European countries and was the subject of one Execution assessment By the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
A Salmonella Saintpaul -Break Traced to melock melocks Illness 95 people in England, Scotland and Wales. Five patients were also registered in Portugal.
A Salmonella Infantis -outbreak with 71 cases was linked to poultry meat and a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak with 65 patients was caused by eggs served in a restaurant.
There were 177 Listeria cases in England and Wales in 2023 and 178 in 2024. Clostridium perfringens infections in England went up from 1,659 to 1,702. Shiga Toxin-Producing E. Coli (STEC) O157 rose from 538 to 567 and Yersinia increased from 454 to 660. Cyclospora cases doubled almost 61 in 2023 to 123 in 2024.
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