Listeriosis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Listeriosis. In: ECDC. Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020. Stockholm: ECDC; 2023.

Surveillance report
  • Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
  • Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2020 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 5 November 2021.
In 2020, 29 EU/EEA Member States reported 1 931 confirmed listeriosis cases. Germany, France and Spain had the highest number of reported cases. The age-standardised EU/EEA notification rate was 0.37 cases per 100 000 population.

The highest rate was detected among elderly people above 64 years of age (1.5 cases per 100 000 population). In 2020, a decrease in the number of confirmed listeriosis cases was seen in the EU/EEA, which was a possible outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Listeriosis Annual Epidemiological Report for 2020

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