For 2016, two countries reported a total of six cases of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF). For the first time, Spain reported two confirmed autochthonous cases. Bulgaria reported the remaining four cases (CCHF is endemic in the Balkan region).
Cases of salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis have remained stable over the past five years, although listeriosis is on the rise. In 2017, there was an average of 100 food- and waterborne outbreaks per week.
In 2016, 775 confirmed echinococcosis cases were reported in the EU/EEA. Of these, 414 cases were reported as Echinococcus granulosus , 104 as Echinococcus multilocularis and 257 as unknown species.