Listeriosis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2022

Surveillance report
Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2022 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 11 October 2023.
Cite:

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Listeriosis. In: ECDC. Annual Epidemiological Report for
2022. Stockholm: ECDC; 2024.

In 2022, 30 countries reported 2 770 confirmed listeriosis cases in the EU/EEA.

The age-standardised EU/EEA notification rate was 0.52 cases per 100 000 population. The highest rate was detected among people over 64 years old (2.1 cases per 100 000 population).

The number of confirmed listeriosis cases reported per year is increasing in the EU/EEA.