STEC infection cases - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2023
For 2023, 30 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries reported 10 901 confirmed cases of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection.
Key facts
- The overall EU/EEA notification rate was 3.2 cases per 100 000 population, the highest annual notification rate since the start of the EU/EEA-wide surveillance.
- In 2023, the rate was highest in children under five years of age with 13.7 cases per 100 000population for males and 13.1 cases per 100 000 population for females.
- The confirmed haemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) cases were comparable to 2022, when cases increased after a stable trend during the pandemic years in the EU/EEA. Among the 522 HUS cases reported, the majority were in the youngest age groups, from 0–4 years (60%) to 5–14 years (19%).
However, the highest proportion of the deceased cases with HUS were over 60 years old.
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