Zoonoses in the European Union: origin, distribution and dynamics - the EFSA-ECDC summary report 2009

A Lahuerta; T Westrell; J Takkinen; F Boelaert; V Rizzi; B Helwigh; B Borck; H Korsgaard; A Ammon; P Mäkelä

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Zoonoses in the European Union: origin, distribution and dynamics - the EFSA-ECDC summary report 2009

A Lahuerta¹, T Westrell¹, J Takkinen¹, F Boelaert², V Rizzi², B Helwigh³, B Borck³, H Korsgaard³, A Ammon¹, P Mäkelä²
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Affiliations: ¹ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden ² European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy ³ Technical University of Denmark, National Food Institute (DTU-FOOD), Copenhagen, Denmark

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Citation style for this article: Lahuerta A, Westrell T, Takkinen J, Boelaert F, Rizzi V, Helwigh B, Borck B, Korsgaard H, Ammon A, Mäkelä P. Zoonoses in the European Union: origin, distribution and dynamics - the EFSA-ECDC summary report 2009. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(13):pii=19832. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.13.19832-en Received: 28 Mar 2011

Abstract

We present a summary of the main findings of the latest report of the European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union (EU), based on data from 2009. Zoonoses are prevalent and widely distributed across several countries in the EU. The most important highlight of this report was the continuous decrease of human salmonellosis since 2005, probably due to effective control programmes in livestock.