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For 2017, 28 countries reported 6 890 confirmed yersiniosis cases in the EU/EEA.

This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2018 in 36 European countries (28 Member States (MS) and 8 non-MS).

For 2018, 29 EU/EEA countries reported 6 806 confirmed yersiniosis cases. The overall notification rate was 1.6 per 100 000 population and remained stable from 2014 to 2018. The highest rates were reported by Finland, the Czech Republic, Denmark and Lithuania. The highest rate was detected in 0-4 year-old children; 7.4 per 100 000 population for males and 6.4 per 100 000 population for females.

In 2016, 28 countries reported 6 918 confirmed yersiniosis cases in the EU/EEA.

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 2015, 26 countries reported 7 279 confirmed yersiniosis cases in the EU/EEA.

6 839 confirmed yersiniosis cases were reported in 2014 in EU/EEA