STEC in Scotland 2018: enhanced surveillance and reference laboratory data

On 20 August 2019, Health Protection Scotland (HPS) published the surveillance report, ‘Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) in Scotland 2018: enhanced surveillance and reference laboratory data’. Overall, the number of cases of E. coli O157/STEC reported in Scotland increased slightly in 2018, cases of E. coli O157 decreased and cases of non-O157 STEC increased. The numbers are in keeping with normal variation expected from year-to-year.