Transmit: Health protection service bulletin. 2011: Issue 6

This edition of Transmit deals extensively with gastrointestinal infections in 2010, most notably Campylobacter and Salmonella. Monthly statistics are provided, as well as graphs showing trends of infection over the past 20 years and a table with figures on outbreak locations. There is also information on various Salmonella phage types, including details on the emergence of a new Salmonella enteritidis phage type PT8.

The duty room update deals with the highly infectious zoonotic disease brucellosis, which is usually transmitted via contact with infected animals or their milk, while the routine reports cover the quarterly figures for surgical site infection (SSI).

The top news story is the launch of the influenza vaccination programme for 2011/12, including details of the new resources available and a list of key points to remember. There are also items on verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) and malaria in Greece.