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[ZD19] Foodborne disease outbreaks
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Foodborne diseases remain an important public health challenge and they are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. During 2014–2019 Slovenia reported 528 different outbreaks. The most common were the outbreaks with contact transmission where Norovirus was the most common identified agent (201 outbreaks), followed by respiratory disease outbreaks (147) and foodborne disease outbreaks (20). The multi-regional outbreak of monofasic S. Typhimurium was notified in 2019. The outbreak was not linked to any known sources.

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Figure ZD19-1: Number of reported foodborne disease outbreaks by settings and total, Slovenia, 2014–2019
Sources:

Database Survival, National Institute of Public Health, 2014-2019 (29. 11. 2020)

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Canteen or workplace catering[No.of reported outbreaks] Restaurant, Hotel[No.of reported outbreaks] Household[No.of reported outbreaks] Hospital/retirement home/medical care facility/kindergarten/school/other[No.of reported outbreaks]
2014 0 3 1 4
2015 0 0 0 2
2016 0 5 1 1
2017 1 1 0 0
2018 0 0 0 0
2019 0 0 0 1
Figure ZD19-2: Number of reported foodborne disease outbreaks, EU-28, 2013–2017
Sources:

EFSA Journal, 2013-2017 (29. 11. 2020)

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Austria 122 133 96 78 80 69
Belgium 327 311 370 352 378 304
Bulgaria 2 0 14 6 17 20
Croatia 0 60 44 56 48 57
Cyprus 0 0 0 3 4 0
Czech Republic 23 19 37 28 30 29
Denmark 85 69 57 37 49 62
Estonia 17 14 6 6 6 9
Finland 45 43 41 43 59 39
France 1279 1221 1364 1429 1452 1378
Germany 393 408 430 384 397 389
Greece 32 24 4 9 7 6
Hungary 115 119 37 52 76 40
Ireland 38 25 20 29 27 24
Italy 20 0 1 37 91 99
Latvia 477 598 491 98 49 22
Lithuania 93 115 247 28 27 49
Luxembourg 0 0 0 1 3 2
Malta 35 6 22 0 39 37
Netherlands 273 291 207 406 594 665
Poland 490 446 382 423 472 485
Portugal 7 18 25 20 24 18
Romania 10 20 27 21 19 12
Slovakia 731 458 465 425 452 462
Slovenia 10 4 8 5 8 2
Spain 447 424 434 0 0 415
Sweden 232 286 352 333 329 344
United Kingdom 60 84 70 53 49 41
Figure ZD19-3: Foodborne outbreaks, strong-evidence and weak evidence, agents, EU, 2016
Sources:

EFSA; The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2016 (29. 11. 2020)

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Agents of foodborne outbreaks Strong-evidence outbreaks Weak-evidence outbreaks
Trichinella 3 2
Cryptosporidium 2 4
Parasites other than Trichinella, Cryptosporidium, Anisakis/… 0 7
Yersinia 1 7
Vibrio 1 7
Hepatitis A 1 15
C.botulinum 8 10
Other bacterial agents 4 26
Shiga-toxin producing E.coli (STEC) 9 33
Viruses other than Calicivirus, Hepatitis A/Unspecifed 10 65
Other causative agents 28 78
Calicivirus including norovirus (Norwalk-like virus) 94 285
Campylobacter 24 437
Bacterial toxin other than C. botulinum 105 725
Salmonella 215 852
Unknown 18 1482

 

 

Methodology

Date of data source summarization
Last modified
29.11.2020
Author(s)

Tatjana Frelih, Eva Grilc, Maja Praprotnik, National Institute of Public Health