date:Apr 10, 2013
llaboration with all important partners involved in the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases. Although the results of the report show a sustained decrease in Salmonella cases in humans, Campylobacter and VTEC cases are still increasing. We cant lower our guard.
In 2011, a total of 2,20,209 Campylobacter cases were reported in humans, which was 2.2 per cent more than the number of cases reported in 2010. This bacterium can cause diarrhoea and fever, and the most common foodstuff in which