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Cholera - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2022

Surveillance and monitoring
Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2022 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 2 February 2024.
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Cholera. In: ECDC. Annual Epidemiological Report for 2022. Stockholm: ECDC; 2024.

In the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA), cholera is a rare disease associated with travel outside the EU/EEA.

  • In 2022, nine countries reported a total of 29 confirmed cases of cholera. The majority (79%) of cases were reportedly linked to travel from the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Cameroon, India, Iraq, the Philippines and Pakistan.
  • 31% of the cases were hospitalised, and one death was reported.
  • The number of reported cholera cases in the EU/EEA increased from two cases in 2021 to 29 cases in 2022.
  • This represented the highest number of cholera cases reported since 2011.

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