Campylobacteriosis is the most frequently reported food- and waterborne disease in the EU/EEA. In 2018, 30 EU/EEA countries reported 250 384 confirmed cases of campylobacteriosis.
For 2020, 29 EU/EEA countries reported 123 062 confirmed cases of campylobacteriosis. This represents a reduction of 26.0% compared with 2019 (UK cases excluded).
A cross-border outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka ST413 has been ongoing in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK) for over two years since September 2021.
This is a summary of the fourth joint inter-agency report on integrated analysis of antimicrobial consumption and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and food-producing animals in the European Union (JIACRA IV – 2019–2021).
This report provides an integrated analysis of relationships between antimicrobial consumption in humans and food- producing animals and the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and food- producing animals, respectively.
In 2022, the first and second most reported zoonoses in humans were campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, respectively. The number of cases of campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis remained stable in comparison with 2021.