§ Mr. PatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many human cases of M.bovis have been linked to occupational exposure to infected cattle in the last 10 years. [157956]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI have been asked to reply.
There are no official records for occupational exposure, though two cases, themselves linked, are reported to have been linked to occupation in recent years. The most up to date available figures for human M.bovis infection in England and Wales since 1993 are shown in the table. Figures are not yet available for 2002.
Year Total M.bovis human infections 1993 37 1994 31 1995 20 1996 32 1997 30 1998 30 1999 31 2000 18 2001 127 1Provisional data Source: MycobNet Health Protection Agency Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre 1993–2001.