This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring and surveillance activities carried out in 2021 in 27 MSs, the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and nine non-MSs.
In 2019, 314 confirmed brucellosis cases were reported in the EU/EEA. The notification rate in the EU/EEA was 0.06 cases per 100 000 population. The highest rates were reported in Greece, Portugal and Slovenia. The EU/EEA notification rate decreased in the period 2015 to 2019.
In 2020, 134 confirmed brucellosis cases were reported in the EU/EEA. The notification rate in the EU/EEA was 0.03 cases per 100 000 population. The highest rates were reported in Greece, Portugal, and Sweden. The notification rate decreased in the period 2016 to 2020 in the EU/EEA
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 18-24 July 2021 and includes updates on Escherichia coli ST38, COVID-19, Vibrio growth in the Baltic Sea the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 (2021), West Nile virus, avian influenza and cholera.