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[ZD19] Number of outbreaks of communicable diseases attributable transmitted by food
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Foodborne infectious diseases still represent an important public health problem and are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the period of 2008 to 2012, Slovenia reported 293 different outbreaks. The largest group of outbreaks were caused by Norovirus, spread by person-to-person transmission (200), followed by food-borne outbreaks (35) (National Institute of Public Health of RS, 2013).

Fromthe analysis of the reported outbreaks caused by food it is evident that there is little epidemiological outbreaks of well-processed and validated. Only in one case has been laboratory confirmed the causal link between the outbreak and the consumption of certain foods (isolation of the same pathogen in patients and from ingested food), even fewer are the causal relationship is confirmed by analytical epidemiological study (evidence of links between the consumption of certain foods and disease in persons in the outbreak, using either cohort studies or case-control studies). 

Charts

Figure ZD19-1: Reported foodborne outbreaks by place of origin and total, Slovenia, 2008-2012
Sources:

National Institute of Public Health, 2008-2012.

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Canteen or workplace catering No.of reported outbreaks 0 0 0 0 2
Restaurant, Hotel No.of reported outbreaks 3 3 0 4 4
Household No.of reported outbreaks 2 2 1 1 0
Hospital/retirement home/medical care facility/kindergarten/school/other No.of reported outbreaks 5 0 2 2 4
Total No.of reported outbreaks 10 5 3 7 10
Figure ZD19-2: Microbiological foodborne diseases, number of outbreaks, EU countries, 2006-2011
Sources:

WHO, 2013.

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Belgium No.of reported outbreaks 116 75 104 105 NP NP
Czech Republic No.of reported outbreaks 165 147 74 91 99 106
Denmark No.of reported outbreaks 50 58 69 52 77 86
Estonia No.of reported outbreaks 2 2 3 8 4 2
Finland No.of reported outbreaks 46 32 41 57 42 51
Hungary No.of reported outbreaks 172 144 133 76 155 72
Ireland No.of reported outbreaks 34 14 16 20 9 8
Lithuania No.of reported outbreaks 207 194 221 173 189 437
Malta No.of reported outbreaks 53 61 30 21 99 81
Netherlands No.of reported outbreaks 49 44 44 35 45 42
Poland No.of reported outbreaks 384 368 130 464 549 490
Slovakia No.of reported outbreaks 57 127 374 428 NP 12
Slovenia No.of reported outbreaks 25 22 12 5 3 8
Spain No.of reported outbreaks 807 622 583 584 553 606

Methodology

Last modified
18.10.2013
Author(s)

Tatjana Frelih, dr. med. spec. of epidemiology, Ana Hojs, dr. med. spec. of hygiene, Eva Grilc, dr. med. spec. of epidemiology, Katarina Bitenc, univ. dipl. soc., Mateja Blaško Markič, dipl.san.ing. Institute of Public Health of RS;