Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

According to an analysis, the disease burden and associated costs caused by selected pathogens in the Netherlands increased in 2022.

Each year, RIVM investigates how many people become sick or die from gastrointestinal infections by examining 14 pathogens. These are mainly transmitted through food, but people can also come into

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A connection between extraintestinal infections and food is possible, but it is hard to prove a direct link, according to a Dutch agency.

Extraintestinal infections arise outside the intestines, especially in the urinary tract and bloodstream. An infection can occur because bacteria from feces have entered the urinary tract. There

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Most foodborne infections increased in the Netherlands in 2022 compared to the year before, according to the latest figures.

The most notable outbreak was when 72 people contracted typhoid fever on a ship that housed asylum seekers. It was likely that they were infected by Salmonella Typhi through the ship’s

Continue Reading Majority of foodborne infections rose in 2022 in the Netherlands