Original title: Epidemiology of foodborne pathogens in Europe with special emphasis on the Republic of Croatia
This review tracks major foodborne infections in the European Union and gives special attention to Croatia from 2020 to 2024. It combines European reports with studies from individual regions, using a One HealthAn approach that studies human, animal, and environmental health together. approach that considers people, animals, and the environment together. Reports dipped in 2020 during the pandemic, then mostly returned to pre-pandemic or higher levels. Campylobacteriosis was reported most often, while listeriosis was less common but more likely to lead to hospitalisation or death. The review argues that local data can reveal risks that broad European totals may miss.
Imagine checking whether food is safe by asking only one shop in a whole country. That check might miss a problem affecting just one town or supplier. In this paper, broad European reports are the country-wide check, while regional studies help reveal local hotspots and show where infections may be changing.
Foodborne infections affect people across Europe, but the risks can differ by region. Combining human, animal, and environmental surveillance could help public health teams spot local hotspots and respond to changing risks in the food supply.
The abstract does not report specific national or regional rates, describe how the selected studies were assessed, or establish that the reported changes reflect actual infection trends rather than changes in surveillance. It identifies improved diagnostics and surveillance as partial explanations for the increase in STEC reports. Its conclusions are limited to the 2020–2024 review scope.
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Epidemiology of foodborne pathogens in Europe with special emphasis on the Republic of Croatia — Lovran Peinović, Lucija Hlebić, Irena Reil et al. — Croatian veterinary journal — doi:10.46419/cvj.57.6.5
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