Brucella canis

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Ms Buckley
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Dear UK Health Security Agency,

1. How many cases of human brucellosis, derived from Canine Brucellosis,
have been diagnosed in a UK-based citizen (any age) in each of the
following
years:
- 2023
- 2024 (01.01.2024 - 20.05.2024)

1. Please indicate how many of these cases involved.
i. Children under the age of 5 years,
ii. Pregnant women
iii. immunocompromised people
iv. veterinary professionals or other people working within a veterinary practice
iiv. laboratory workers working with human and / or animal bodily tissues/samples/fluids.

2. Of these, how many were diagnosed because they:
i. Had clinical signs (+/- known exposure to a Brucella canis positive dog)?
ii. Were detected on screening due to known exposure to a Brucella canis positive (antibodies, antigen, PCR, culture) dog?

3. How many of these human cases required pharmaceutical treatment due to clinical signs? (please split by categories shown in 1.)

4. How many of the human cases that did NOT have clinical signs were given pharmaceutical treatment? (please split by categories shown in 1.).

5. How many of these human cases required inpatient/hospitalisation as
part of the treatment?

6. How many of these cases resulted in the death of the individual?

7. How many of these cases resulted in the death of an unborn child?

Your sincerely,

Dr Buckley

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Dear Dr Buckley,
Please find attached UKHSA's response to your request.
Yours sincerely,
Information Rights Team
Parliamentary and Public Accountability Team
UK Health Security Agency
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From: Information Rights <[email address]>
Sent: 21 May 2024 16:01
To: Ms Buckley <[FOI #1132510 email]>
Cc: Information Rights <[email address]>
Subject: OFFICIAL: 090: Freedom of Information request - Brucella canis
 

Dear Ms Buckley,

 

Thank you for your request which will be handled by the Information Rights
Team at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). We acknowledge receipt of
your email and request for information, which will be treated as a request
for information under statutory access legislation. 

 

Please note that requests under the Freedom of Information Act and the
Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) will receive a response
within 20 working days from the day following the date of receipt of your
request.

 

If the request is for your personal data, your request will be handled as
a data subject access request (SAR) under Article 15 of the UK General
Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), then we will respond within one
month of the receipt of the request.

 

We will aim to address all requests promptly and within the required
response timeframes. However, when we are unable to meet the response
timeframe we will keep requesters updated on a revised expected timescale
for a response to their request.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Information Rights Team

Parliamentary and Public Accountability Team

UK Health Security Agency

[3][UKHSA request email] 

[4]www.gov.uk/ukhsa  Follow us on Twitter @UKHSA

 

 

 

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