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Campylobacteriosis on the increase in the EU

CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS was the most frequently reported zoonotic disease in people in the European Union in 2007, and most member states reported an increased number of cases, according to a recently published report. The annual European report summarising the trends and sources of zoonoses and zoonotic agents covers 10 diseases. In 2007, 27 member states submitted information to the European Commission and the European Food Safety Authority, and further data were gathered from the European Centre for Disease Control and Protection. Four countries that do not belong to the EU also submitted data. The report for 2007 shows that 200,507 cases of campylobacteriosis were reported in the EU. Salmonellosis was the next most frequently reported disease, with 151,995 human cases. However, while cases of campylobacteriosis increased in 2007, the incidence of salmonellosis declined. The EU says that a statistically significant declining trend has been seen over the past four years. The highest proportion of Campylobacter-positive samples was seen in fresh poultry meat, where 26 per cent of samples on average were positive. The bacterium was also commonly detected in live poultry, pigs and cattle. Salmonella species bacteria were most often found in fresh poultry and pig meat, with, on average, 5·5 per cent and 1·1 per cent of samples positive, respectively. In animal populations, Salmonella was most commonly detected in poultry flocks. A mandatory control programme for Salmonella in breeding poultry flocks was introduced in 2007, and the EU says that 15 member states reported a prevalence below the reduction target of 1 per cent. Three cases of rabies were reported in people in the EU in 2007; in all three cases the infection had been acquired outside Europe. The report also notes that, while rabies was still found in domestic and wild animals in the Baltic and some eastern European member states, three member states reported a marked decrease in the number of animal cases. Turning to parasitic zoonotic diseases, the report notes that 779 cases of trichinellosis and 834 cases of echinococcosis were confirmed in people across the EU in 2007. In animals, these parasites were most commonly detected in wildlife.