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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 2018–2022 Slovenia reported 1152 different outbreaks. The most common were the respiratory disease outbreaks (902), outbreaks with contact transmission (186), followed by and foodborne disease outbreaks (22).

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Figure ZD19-1: Number of reported foodborne disease outbreaks by settings and total, Slovenia, 2014–2022
Sources:

Database Survival, National Institute of Public Health, 2014-2019 (2023)

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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] Total[No.of reported outbreaks]
2014 0 3 1 4 8
2015 0 0 0 2 2
2016 0 5 1 1 7
2017 1 1 0 0 2
2018 0 0 0 0 0
2019 0 0 0 1 1
2020 0 0 0 0 0
2021 0 0 1 0 1
2022 0 2 0 3 5
Figure ZD19-2: Number of reported foodborne disease outbreaks, EU-28, 2018–2021
Sources:

EU summary report on zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks 2018-2021; EFSA Journal (2023)

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2012[No.of reported outbreaks] 2013[No.of reported outbreaks] 2014[No.of reported outbreaks] 2015[No.of reported outbreaks] 2016[No.of reported outbreaks] 2017[No.of reported outbreaks] 2018[No.of reported outbreaks] 2019[No.of reported outbreaks] 2020[No.of reported outbreaks] 2021[No.of reported outbreaks]
Austria 122 133 96 78 80 69 52 48 21 20
Belgium 327 311 370 352 378 304 397 571 331 547
Bulgaria 2 0 14 6 17 20 18 16 6 0
Croatia 0 60 44 56 48 57 24 46 13 9
Cyprus 0 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 1 0
Czech Republic 23 19 37 28 30 29 26 24 21 42
Denmark 85 69 57 37 49 62 65 51 35 63
Estonia 17 14 6 6 6 9 15 13 14 8
Finland 45 43 41 43 59 39 74 54 36 48
France 1279 1221 1364 1429 1452 1378 1.63 1.79 1.01 1.29
Germany 393 408 430 384 397 389 416 402 193 168
Greece 32 24 4 9 7 6 5 6 4 6
Hungary 115 119 37 52 76 40 41 35 11 19
Ireland 38 25 20 29 27 24 20 25 23 6
Italy 20 0 1 37 91 99 134 135 70 94
Latvia 477 598 491 98 49 22 33 33 17 12
Lithuania 93 115 247 28 27 49 36 55 5 7
Luxembourg 0 0 0 1 3 2 47 0 1 1
Malta 35 6 22 0 39 37 8 45 25 26
Netherlands 273 291 207 406 594 665 756 735 559 838
Poland 490 446 382 423 472 485 522 445 153 299
Portugal 7 18 25 20 24 18 11 13 4 17
Romania 10 20 27 21 19 12 29 7 3 2
Slovakia 731 458 465 425 452 462 804 648 320 214
Slovenia 10 4 8 5 8 2 0 1 0 1
Spain 447 424 434 0 0 415 622 506 161 221
Sweden 232 286 352 333 329 344 75 65 50 49
United Kingdom 60 84 70 53 49 41 49 57 30 2
Figure ZD19-3: Number of reported foodborne disease outbreaks, EU-28, 2018–2021
Sources:

EFSA; The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and foodborne outbreaks (2023)

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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

 

 

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Last modified
27.08.2023
Author(s)

Natalija Kranjec, dipl.san.inž.(UNI), Eva Grilc, dr. med., spec. epidemiologije, Sanja Vuzem, dr. med., spec. javnega zdravja, National Institute of Public Health