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[ZD19] Foodborne disease outbreaks
Key message
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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Database Survival, National Institute of Public Health, 2014-2019 (29. 11. 2020)
| 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 |
EFSA Journal, 2013-2017 (29. 11. 2020)
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 |
EFSA; The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2016 (29. 11. 2020)
| 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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