Overseas outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease, 2019

On 9 June 2020, Health Protection Scotland (HPS), part of Public Health Scotland (PHS), published its annual surveillance report describing overseas outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease in 2019.

This report presents information from the surveillance system that HPS uses to collect and disseminate information on potential outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease believed to have been acquired abroad, which is defined as two or more confirmed cases of infection, or at least one confirmed case where others are alleged to have been ill.