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The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2013: EU summary report on zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks 2013

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European Food Safety Authority, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control·2015·EFSA Journal
DOI 10.2903/j.efsa.2015.3991
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This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of the zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2013 in 32 European countries (28 Member States and four non-Member States). Campylobacteriosis was the most commonly reported zoonosis. After several years of an increasing European Union (EU) trend, the human campylobacteriosis notification rate has stabilised. In food and animals no EU trends were observed and the occurrence of Campylobacter continued to be high in broiler meat at EU level. The decreasing EU trend in confirmed human salmonellosis cases observed in recent years continued. Most Member States met their Salmonella reduction targets for poultry. In foodstuffs, the reported EU-level Salmonella non-compliance in fresh poultry meat decreased. Human listeriosis increased further, showing an increasing EU trend in 2009-2013. In ready-to-eat foods Listeria was seldom detected above the legal safety limit. Also during 2009-2013, a decreasing EU trend was observed in confirmed yersiniosis cases. Positive findings for Yersinia were mainly reported in pig meat and products thereof. The number of confirmed verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) infections in humans increased. VTEC was reported from food and animals. A total of 5,196 food-borne outbreaks, including water-borne outbreaks, were reported in the EU. Most food-borne outbreaks were caused by Salmonella, followed by viruses, bacterial toxins and Campylobacter, whereas in 28.9 % of all outbreaks the causative agent was unknown. Important food vehicles in strong-evidence food-borne outbreaks were eggs and egg products, followed by mixed food, and fish and fish products. The report further summarises trends and sources along the food chain of tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis, Brucella, Trichinella, Echinococcus, Toxoplasma, rabies, Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), West Nile Virus and tularaemia.

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Authors
Authority, E. F. S., & European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Venue
EFSA Journal
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-01
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
3991
ISSN
1831-4732 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2903/j.efsa.2015.3991
OpenAlex
W2889884634
Cited by
3,550
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FWCI
577.05
Type
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Language
en
Open access
gold
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doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1 (tdm, 243 d)

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