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[ZD04] Outbreaks of waterborne diseases (epidemics)
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Slovenia reported 1-3 waterborne outbreaks per year during 2005 – 2014. In these outbreaks, associated with drinking water, 5 - 263 cases were reported. Some outbreaks had unidentified etiologies, some were caused by: Cryptosporidium parvum, Escherichia coli, rotavirus, norovirus, Bacillus cereus, Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella Typhimurium.

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Figure ZD04-1: Number of waterborne disease outbreaks associated with contaminated drinking water, Slovenia, 2005-2014
Sources:

IVZ (NIJZ), 2005-2014

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Celje No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Koper No. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kranj No. 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Ljubljana No. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Maribor No. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Murska Sobota No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Gorica No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Novo mesto No. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R/K No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total No. 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1
Figure ZD04-2: Number of cases in waterborne disease outbreaks, Slovenia, 2005-2014
Sources:

IVZ(NIJZ), 2005-2014

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Celje No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Koper No. 0 0 0 170 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kranj No. 0 0 34 0 0 0 91 0 9 0
Ljubljana No. 0 0 0 0 0 52 152 44 0 5
Maribor No. 23 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0
Murska Sobota No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Gorica No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Novo mesto No. 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ravne na Kor. No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total No. 165 0 34 170 0 52 263 44 9 5
Figure ZD04-3: Percentage of gastrointestinal illnesses (GI) where etiologic agent was not identified, among all reported GI and percentage of all gastrointestinal illness (GI) where etiologic agent was not identified, among all reported communicable diseases, Slovenia, 2007-2014*
Sources:

IVZ (NIJZ), http://www.nijz.si/sites/www.nijz.si/files/publikacije-datoteke/epidemiolosko_spremljanje_nalezljivih_bolezni_2014.pdf

*Opombe k sliki ZD4-3: MKB10: A09- črevesna infekcija, neopredeljena, A04.9-črevesna bakterijska infekcija, neopredeljena, A05.9-bakterijska zastrupitev s hrano, neopredeljena, A08.4-črevesna virusna infekcija, neopredeljena

* ZD4-3:ICD 10: A09- Other gastroenteritis and colitis of infectious and unspecified origin, A04.9 Bacterial intestinal infection, unspecified, A05.9 Bacterial foodborne intoxication, unspecified, A08.4 Viral intestinal infection, unspecified

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Percentage of infectious diarrhoea (ICD10: A09, A04.9, A05.9, A08.4) with unconfirmed agent to all reported infectious diarrhoea % 67.3 70.7 71.1 69.8 69.9 72.9 70.3 70.5
Percentage of infectious diarrhoea (ICD10: A09, A04.9, A05.9, A08.4) with unconfirmed agent to all reported contagious infectious diarrhoea % 21.4 23.7 19.8 22.9 21.4 20.4 19.7 21.9
Figure ZD04-4: Number of waterborne disease outbreaks in some EU countries, 2008-2013
Sources:

EU summary report on zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks 2010-2013; EFSA Journal

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Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Greece Hungary Ireland Poland Slovenia
2008 No. 3 1 3 1
2009 No. 1 1 4 1 4 1
2010 No. 1 2 1 1 3 1
2011 No. 1 6 3 3
2012 No. 1 2 2 11 1
2013 No. 1 2 1 2 1
2008-2013 No. 1 2 4 12 8 3 1 24 4 7
Spain Sweden United Kingdom
2008 No. 2 1
2009 No. 2
2010 No. 5 1
2011 No. 1
2012 No.
2013 No. 2 1
2008-2013 No. 4 9 2
Figure ZD04-5: Number of cases, waterborne outbreaks in some EU countries, 2008-2013
Sources:

EU summary report on zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks 2010-2013; EFSA Journal

Methodology

Date of data source summarization
Last modified
15.12.2015
Author(s)

Ivanka Gale, dr.med., spec. higiene, Tatjana Frelih, dr.med. spec. epidemiologije, Maja Praprotnik, dipl.san.ing., National Institute for Public Health (NIJZ)