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Foodborne diseases remain an important public health challenge and they are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.

During 2013–2017 Slovenia reported 424 different outbreaks. The most common outbreaks were those with contact transmission where Norovirus was the most common cause of confirmed, single-etiology outbreaks accounting for 177 outbreaks, followed by respiratory disease outbreak (94) and foodborne disease outbreaks (25).

In 2017, there were two (2) foodborne outbreaks reported, resulting in 45 illnesses, four hospitalisations and no deaths. The causative agent was not identified, but there was descriptive epidemiological evidence.


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Figure ZD19-1: Number of reported foodborne disease outbreaks, by settings and total, Slovenia, 2013-2017
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Total[No. of reported outbreaks] Hospital, retirement home, medical care facility, kindergarten, school, other[No. of reported outbreaks] Household[No. of reported outbreaks] Restaurant, hotel[No. of reported outbreaks] Canteen or workplace catering[No. of reported outbreaks]
2013 4 2 1 1 0
2014 8 4 1 3 0
2015 2 2 0 0 0
2016 7 1 1 5 0
2017 2 0 0 1 1
Figure ZD19-2: Number of reported foodborne disease outbreaks, EU-28, 2012-2016
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2016[No. of reported outbreaks] 2015[No. of reported outbreaks] 2014[No. of reported outbreaks] 2013[No. of reported outbreaks] 2012[No. of reported outbreaks]
Austria 80 78 96 133 122
Belgium 378 352 370 311 327
Bulgaria 17 6 14 0 2
Croatia 48 56 44 60 0
Cyprus 4 3 0 0 0
Czech Republic 30 28 37 19 23
Denmark 49 37 57 69 85
Estonia 6 6 6 14 17
Finland 59 43 41 43 45
France 1452 1429 1364 1221 1279
Germany 397 384 430 408 393
Greece 7 9 4 24 32
Hungary 76 52 37 119 115
Ireland 27 29 20 25 38
Italy 91 37 1 0 20
Latvia 49 98 491 598 477
Lithuania 27 28 247 115 93
Luxembourg 3 1 0 0 0
Malta 39 0 22 6 35
Netherlands 594 406 207 291 273
Poland 472 423 382 446 490
Portugal 24 20 25 18 7
Romania 19 21 27 20 10
Slovakia 452 425 465 458 731
Slovenia 8 5 8 4 10
Spain 0 0 434 424 447
Sweden 329 333 352 286 232
United Kingdom 49 53 70 84 60
Figure ZD19-3: Foodborne outbreaks, strong-evidence and week evidence, agents, EU, 2016

 

 


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