§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many persons suffered from the E.coli bacterium during the most recent 12 months for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the trends in the frequency of such outbreaks. [131419]
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§ Ms StuartProvisional figures indicate there were 1,084 confirmed isolations of verocytotoxin-producing "E.coli" 0157 (VTEC 0157) from humans in England and Wales in 1999.
There has been a rising trend in laboratory reports of VTEC 0157 from humans in England and Wales during the 1990s.