Travel-associated infections reports
Reports on travel-associated infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, based on data from national reference laboratories or case management systems.
Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales
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Routine reports on a range of travel-associated infections reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since 2015. Two types of reports are published:
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National reports based on data confirmed by UKHSA national reference laboratories. These summarise the epidemiology of travel-associated infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, using data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Rare and imported pathogens laboratory (RIPL) and Gastrointestinal bacteria reference unit (GBRU).
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Regional reports based on UKHSA case management systems (HPZone until mid-2024, then CIMS), used by health protection teams (HPTs) in England. These cover only infections that require HPT follow-up and include cases recorded with recent foreign travel. They reflect operational data and are limited to regions in England.
Differences in data sources, coverage and reporting pathways mean that case numbers may vary between report types. Case management system data may also underestimate true numbers as it depends on reporting to HPTs and accurate recording of travel history.
Further information and guidance is available on dedicated pages for chikungunya, cholera, dengue, yellow fever and Zika.
Detailed annual reports are available elsewhere for imported malaria cases in the UK and travel-associated enteric fever cases in EWNI.
Updates to this page
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Added "travel-associated infections in England: 2022, 2023 and 2024 (Regional analysis)". Updated the landing page to explain differences in the published reports and their data sources
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Added: Travel-associated infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2024.
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New travel-associated infections report for January to June 2024.
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Removed data for filariasis, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminth infections and trypanosomiasis from 'Travel-associated infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2022' due to low data quality.
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Added 'Travel-associated infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2023'.
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Updated cholera case numbers for 2017 and 2018 in Table 1 in 'Travel-associated infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2022'.
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Updated travel information for cholera, dengue and schistosomiasis, and reference 15 in 'Travel-associated infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2022'.
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Added text alternatives for Figures 15 and 17 and Tables 7 and 8, and corrected data in Table 5 of 'Travel-associated infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2022'.
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Added 'Travel-associated infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2022'.
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Added Travel-associated infections in London: 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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Added geographical breakdown of 2021 cases (between England, Wales and NI) for each disease.
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