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Abstract

Background

Campylobacteriosis is the most commonly reported food-borne infection in the European Union, with an annual number of cases estimated at around 9 million. In many countries, campylobacteriosis has a striking seasonal peak during early/mid-summer. In the early 2000s, several publications reported on campylobacteriosis seasonality across Europe and associations with temperature and precipitation. Subsequently, many European countries have introduced new measures against this food-borne disease.

Aim

To examine how the seasonality of campylobacteriosis varied across Europe from 2008–16, to explore associations with temperature and precipitation, and to compare these results with previous studies. We also sought to assess the utility of the European Surveillance System TESSy for cross-European seasonal analysis of campylobacteriosis.

Methods

Ward’s Minimum Variance Clustering was used to group countries with similar seasonal patterns of campylobacteriosis. A two-stage multivariate meta-analysis methodology was used to explore associations with temperature and precipitation.

Results

Nordic countries had a pronounced seasonal campylobacteriosis peak in mid- to late summer (weeks 29–32), while most other European countries had a less pronounced peak earlier in the year. The United Kingdom, Ireland, Hungary and Slovakia had a slightly earlier peak (week 24). Campylobacteriosis cases were positively associated with temperature and, to a lesser degree, precipitation.

Conclusion

Across Europe, the strength and timing of campylobacteriosis peaks have remained similar to those observed previously. In addition, TESSy is a useful resource for cross-European seasonal analysis of infectious diseases such as campylobacteriosis, but its utility depends upon each country’s reporting infrastructure.

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Exploring Campylobacter seasonality across Europe using The European Surveillance System (TESSy), 2008 to 2016
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=IR+Lake&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lake IR</a>, <a href="/search?value1=FJ+Col%C3%B3n-Gonz%C3%A1lez&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Colón-González FJ</a>, <a href="/search?value1=J+Takkinen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Takkinen J</a>, <a href="/search?value1=M+Rossi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rossi M</a>, <a href="/search?value1=B+Sudre&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sudre B</a>, <a href="/search?value1=J+Gomes+Dias&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dias J Gomes</a>, <a href="/search?value1=L+Tavoschi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tavoschi L</a>, <a href="/search?value1=A+Joshi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Joshi A</a>, <a href="/search?value1=JC+Semenza&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Semenza JC</a>, <a href="/search?value1=G+Nichols&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nichols G</a></span>. Exploring Campylobacter seasonality across Europe using The European Surveillance System (TESSy), 2008 to 2016. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(13):pii=1800028. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.13.180028" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.13.180028</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 17 Jan 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 08 Oct 2018 </span> </p>
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