The European Union One Health 2022 Zoonoses Report

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This report consolidates 2022 surveillance data on zoonoses from EU Member States, finding that campylobacteriosis remained the most frequently reported zoonosis with a notification rate similar to 2021, while travel-associated cases increased following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

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This report presents aggregated 2022 surveillance data from EU Member States on zoonotic diseases, collected under Directive 2003/99/EC. The central result is that campylobacteriosis was the most frequently reported zoonosis, with 2022 cases and notification rates similar to 2021, though still below pre-pandemic levels in most countries. More than 10,000 cases resulted in hospitalization, the second highest number after salmonellosis. The report notes limitations including underreporting, varying surveillance focus (e.g., on severe cases), and challenges in harmonizing food monitoring data. It suggests a One Health approach using whole genome sequencing to improve species characterization and monitoring of transmission pathways.

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The European Union One Health 2022 Zoonoses Report

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Abstract This report by the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of the zoonoses monitoring and surveillance activities carried out in 2022 in 27 Member States (MSs), the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) and 11 non‐MSs. Key statistics on zoonoses and zoonotic agents in humans, food, animals and feed are provided and interpreted historically. In 2022, the first and second most reported zoonoses in humans were campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, respectively. The number of cases of campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis remained stable in comparison with 2021. Nineteen MSs and the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) achieved all the established targets in poultry populations for the reduction of Salmonella prevalence for the relevant serovars. Salmonella samples from carcases of various animal species, and samples for Campylobacter quantification from broiler carcases, were more frequently positive when performed by the competent authorities than when own checks were conducted. Yersiniosis was the third most reported zoonosis in humans, followed by Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Listeria monocytogenes infections. L. monocytogenes and West Nile virus infections were the most severe zoonotic diseases, with the most hospitalisations and highest case fatality rates. In 2022, reporting showed an increase of more than 600% compared with 2021 in locally acquired cases of human West Nile virus infection, which is a mosquito‐borne disease. In the EU, the number of reported foodborne outbreaks and cases, hospitalisations and deaths was higher in 2022 than in 2021. The number of deaths from outbreaks was the highest ever reported in the EU in the last 10 years, mainly caused by L. monocytogenes and to a lesser degree by Salmonella . Salmonella and in particular S. Enteritidis remained the most frequently reported causative agent for foodborne outbreaks. Norovirus (and other calicivirus) was the agent associated with the highest number of outbreak human cases. This report also provides updates on brucellosis, Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), echinococcosis, rabies, toxoplasmosis, trichinellosis, infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (focusing on Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium caprae ) and tularaemia. Keywords: Campylobacter , foodborne outbreaks, Listeria , monitoring, parasites, Salmonella , West Nile, zoonoses

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The European Union One Health 2022 Zoonoses Report. EFSA Journal. (2023). https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8442