#Zoonotic diseases and #foodborne outbreaks on the rise, but still below pre-pandemic levels.
Read our joint @ECDC_EU/@EFSA_EU #OneHealth 2021 Zoonoses Report here: https://bit.ly/OneHealthReport2022
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602655198576517120
The general drop compared to pre-pandemic years in reported cases and outbreaks is probably linked to #COVID19 control measures, which were still in place in 2021.
Among the few exceptions are #yersiniosis & foodborne #listeriosis outbreaks, which exceeded pre-pandemic levels.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602655203039367169
Most foodborne outbreaks (773) were caused by #Salmonella, which accounted for 19.3% of the total.
The most common sources of #salmonellosis outbreaks were eggs, egg products, and “mixed foods”. It affected 60k people compared to 52k in 2020.
Click: https://bit.ly/OneHealthReport2022
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602655205178445824
The number of outbreaks caused by #Listeria monocytogenes (23) was the highest ever reported.
This might be linked to the increased use of whole genome sequencing techniques, which allow scientists to better detect and define outbreaks.
Read more:
https://bit.ly/OneHealthReport2022
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602655209905426432
#Campylobacteriosis remains the most frequently reported zoonosis, with the number of reported cases increasing to 127k compared to 120k in 2020.
Meat from chicken & turkeys was the most common source for the infection.
Report:
https://bit.ly/OneHealthReport2022
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602655212073881600
The next commonly reported diseases after #campylobacteriosis and #salmonellosis were #yersiniosis (6,789 cases), infections caused by Shigatoxin-producing E. coli (6,084 cases), and #listeriosis (2,183 cases).
Read more in our press release:
https://bit.ly/3j23d4b
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1602655216389836801