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[ZD04] Outbreaks of waterborne diseases (epidemics)
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Slovenia reported 1-3 waterborne outbreaks per year during 1997 – 2013. In these outbreaks, associated with drinking water, 9 - 263 cases were reported. No outbreaks were reported in 2006 and 2009. Most outbreaks had unidentified etiologies, some were caused by: Cryptosporidium parvum, Escherichia coli, Shigella sonnei, Lamblia intestinalis, rotavirus, adenovirus, astrovirus, norovirus, hepatitis A virus.

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Figure ZD04-1: Number of waterborne disease outbreaks associated with contaminated drinking water, Slovenia, 1997-2013
Sources:

National Institute of Public Health, 1998-2013

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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Celje No. 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Koper No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kranj No. 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ljubljana No. 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Maribor No. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
R/K No. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Total No. 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 3 0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Celje No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Koper No. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kranj No. 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Ljubljana No. 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Maribor No. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Murska Sobota No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Gorica No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Novo mesto No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R/K No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total No. 1 1 0 1 3 1 1
Figure ZD04-2: Number of cases in waterborne disease outbreaks, Slovenia, 1997-2013
Sources:

National Institute of Public Health, 1998-2013.

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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Celje No. 0 110 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Koper No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kranj No. 0 92 0 181 100 56 0 0 0 0
Ljubljana No. 0 0 0 21 14 0 117 0 0 0
Maribor No. 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 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. 5 54 30 0 0 27 0 0 142 0
Ravne na Kor. No. 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 80 0 0
Total No. 89 256 40 202 114 169 117 80 165 0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Celje No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Koper No. 0 170 0 0 0 0 0
Kranj No. 34 0 0 0 91 0 9
Ljubljana No. 0 0 0 52 152 44 0
Maribor No. 0 0 0 0 20 0 0
Murska Sobota No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Gorica No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Novo mesto No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ravne na Kor. No. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total No. 34 170 0 52 263 44 9
Figure ZD04-3: Percentage of infectious diarrhoea (ICD10: A09, A04.9, A05.9, A08.4) with unconfirmed agent in Slovenia, 2006-2012*
Sources:

National Institute of Public Health, 2007-2014

*Note to Figure 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
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
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
Figure ZD04-4: Number of waterborne disease outbreaks in some EU countries, 2000-2007
Sources:

ENHIS, 2013.

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Spain Finland Sweden Norway Italy Czech R UK (England and Wales) Croatia Slovenia Belgium
2000 No. 21 7 14 2 3 4 2 2 2 2
2001 No. 21 6 1 2 3 1 3 2 2
2002 No. 27 4 9 1 3 3 7 1 1 2
2003 No. 10 10 3 2 3 2 1 2
2004 No. 25 5 5 3 2 1 2 1 0
2005 No. 21 6 1 8 4 5 2 1 2
2006 No. 14 4 3 4 1 0
2007 No. 10 3 3 12 1
2000-2007 No. 149 45 39 34 18 15 14 9 9 8
Slovakia Lithuania Greece Hungary Estonia
2000 No. 3 1
2001 No. 3 1
2002 No. 1
2003 No. 2 1
2004 No. 4 1
2005 No. 1 1
2006 No. 1 1
2007 No. 1 1
2000-2007 No. 8 6 5 4 0
Figure ZD04-5: Number of cases, waterborne outbreaks in some EU countries, 2000-2007
Sources:

ENHIS,2013.

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Finland Spain Sweden Norway Hungary Greece Italy Slovenia UK Czech R
2000 No. 6428 1628 588 206 0 17 202 73 106
2001 No. 1105 952 200 500 68 125 114 4 0
2002 No. 340 2040 1336 215 0 674 169 59 77
2003 No. 534 432 3319 34 25 9 117 0 187
2004 No. 140 858 78 3015 203 690 13 80 9 20
2005 No. 863 835 20 535 0 702 51 165 372 115
2006 No. 114 1225 51 142 3668 0
2007 No. 10114 324 349 1203 0 34
2000-2007 No. 19638 8294 5941 5850 3964 1392 889 881 517 505
Croatia Slovakia Lithuania Estonia
2000 No. 144 70 7 0
2001 No. 73 50 0 0
2002 No. 19 13 0 0
2003 No. 0 0 26 0
2004 No. 65 0 0 0
2005 No. 9 0 6 0
2006 No. 7 0 9
2007 No. 0 125 4
2000-2007 No. 317 258 52 0

Methodology

Date of data source summarization
Last modified
15.11.2014
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)