The
2011 annual report on “Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic Agents and Food-borne Outbreaks” has been recently released. The report has been jointly developed by EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) and ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control). Campylobacteriosis is confirmed as the most reported zoonotic disease, with 220,209 single cases of infections in humans (a 2.2% increase since 2010). Salmonellosis ranks second, with 95,548 reported cases (decreasing in last years).
Escherichia coli (VTEC/STEC) has been instead responsible for 9,485 cases in human: the high growth observed in 2011 has been mainly related with the relevant outbreak of the rare strain O104:H4 in Germany and France, associated with sprouted seeds.
Concerning food-borne outbreaks (i.e. cases where infection is observed in two or more humans consuming the same food),
Salmonella remains the most reported cases (26.6% of the total), followed by bacterial toxin and
Campylobacter (10.6%). The most common food sources for food-borne outbreaks have been eggs and eggs producs, mixed foods, fish and fish-derived products. You can read the
full press release from the
EFSA website.
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