§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has on the incidence of campylobacter and the possibility of the transference of this disease to humans from dogs.
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§ Mr. John PattenIn 1982, 12,822 laboratory reports of this infection were made to the communicable disease surveillance centre. The means of transmission of the infection is not yet fully understood, but it is thought to spread to humans from cattle and poultry, or contaminated food derived from them; and from domestic pets, especially dogs with diarrhoea.