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STEC O26:H11, a clinically significant emerging threat to public health in England according to a research publication.

29th May 2023

According to research published in April this year in the Journal of Infection called “Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O26:H11 (clonal complex 29) “STEC O26:H11 notifications (reported cases) in 2021 were 8 times higher than those recorded in 2014. Link below to this article:

https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(23)00206-2/fulltext

The number of reported cases in England “have increased each year from 19 in 2014 to 144 in 2021”.

“Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS) was diagnosed in 40/459 (9%) of cases and three children died”. (Previous research has indicated that STEC O26 cases may have a greater chance of developing HUS than other strains of STEC’s).

“The highest proportion of STEC O26:H11 cases belonged to the 0–5 years old age group for both males (107/252, 42%) and females (117/339, 35%)”

“57% of the overall cases were female (339/591) with a median age of 21 years, and the median age for males was 13”.

The report also states in Conclusions “Determining the true incidence and prevalence is challenging due to inconsistent national surveillance strategies. Improved diagnostics and surveillance algorithms are required to monitor the true burden, detect outbreaks and to implement effective interventions.”

In relation to diagnostics, not all Laboratories are equipped to enable the latest technologies such as PCR testing etc. hence the need for improvement in this area to enable more accurate and consistent surveillance.

As we have previously said, all non O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) such as STEC O26, O146 etc. should be published together with all STEC O157 cases in all reporting forms by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

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News Investigation reveals source of Salmonella outbreak in the UK & antibiotic resistance.

24th June 2023

An investigation by ITN news, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism & the Guardian newspaper reveals a Salmonella outbreak in the UK and Europe in 2020-2021 was from chicken products from Poland. It also found that the chickens were given antibiotics used to trea... ...read on

ICO decision notice in relation to the FOI request about a large E.coli O157 outbreak in 2022

4th June 2023

The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) decision notice of the 2nd June 2023 about our request for information from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in relation to a large outbreak of E.coli O157, that appears to have started in late summer 2022. ... ...read on

STEC O26:H11, a clinically significant emerging threat to public health in England according to a research publication.

29th May 2023

Research indicates conflicts of interest in food making policy in the UK.

1st March 2023

Research into conflicts of interest in the UK food regulatory Institutions was published recently in Nature Food (subscription required). The research was published jointly by Professor Erik Millstone of the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex Business School, (an exp... ...read on

E.coli O157 reported case rise in England in 2022

17th January 2023

From research into the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) weekly reports for NOID’s (Notifiable diseases) causative agents up to week 52 ending 1st January 2023, the number of reported cases in 2022 has risen to around a total of 679 in England. ... ...read on

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STEC O26:H11, a clinically significant emerging threat to public health in England according to a research publication.