Number of Mycobacterium bovis case notifications by country, UK

Number of Mycobacterium bovis case notifications by country, UK, 1999-2016 Country Year

UK

England

Wales

Northern Ireland

Scotland

1999

16

2

0

0

18

2000

10

1

0

7

18

2001

17

1

1

1

20

2002

13

1

0

1

15

2003

16

0

2

1

19

2004

10

1

3

3

17

2005

14

4

5

3

26

2006

20

0

3

6

29

2007

21

1

1

1

24

2008

15

2

2

3

22

2009

17

4

1

7

29

2010

31

1

1

5

38

2011

32

0

2

7

41

2012

32

3

0

6

41

2013

24

0

4

2

30

2014

34

1

2

2

39

2015

31

3

5

3

42

2016

34

1

3

1

39

TB cases reported to ETS/ESMI are matched to laboratory isolates from the Mycobacterium Reference Laboratories. M. bovis cases are TB cases that match to an M. bovis isolate. The increase in the number of M. bovis cases reported in the past six years reflects an improvement in notification, rather than a real increase in the number of M. bovis isolates.

Sources: Enhanced Tuberculosis Surveillance (ETS), Enhanced Surveillance of Mycobacterial Infections (ESMI) Data extracted: April 2017 Prepared by: TB Section, Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Infection Service, Public Health England