The number of people diagnosed with a foodborne illness in Denmark fell sharply in 2020, according to an annual report on infections.
The report by the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Statens Serum
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Record levels of Campylobacter and Salmonella have been recorded in Australia, according to the annual surveillance report of notifiable diseases for 2016.
The data comes from a study published in the most recent edition of
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Austria saw a decline in Salmonella and Campylobacter infections in 2020, according to annual figures released recently.
The country also reported data for Listeria, botulism poisoning and Yersinia which were at about the same levels
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The number of foodborne outbreaks and the number of people sick in them fell in Denmark in 2020, according to a report.
A total of 35 foodborne outbreaks were registered compared with 51 in the
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The number of infections from gastrointestinal viruses dropped but bacterial pathogen reports did not go down much in South Korea during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study.
Such viruses are mainly caused by the
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The number of foodborne infections decreased in Sweden in 2020, according to a report on the surveillance of infectious diseases in animals and humans.
Reports of Campylobacter, cryptosporidium, E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella and Yersinia infections
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The Food Standards Agency’s chief scientific advisor has said potential trends in foodborne infections must be monitored after a decline during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Robin May said data from the past 12 months shows a
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Swedish officials have traced the source of a Salmonella outbreak to a brand of chocolate wafers from Poland.
Between late December 2020 and early April 2021, 32 people living in 15 counties fell ill after
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Social distancing to combat COVID-19 has led to a decrease in foodborne infections in Spain, according to researchers.
Data from the Epidemiological Surveillance Network in Madrid covering January 2020 to late June 2020, which overlaps
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An Australian state has recorded a decline in gastrointestinal diseases during the period measures were in place to control the coronavirus pandemic.
The study covered communicable disease surveillance in Central Queensland for six months after
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Diseases including foodborne infections declined after public health measures were introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a preliminary analysis in Australia.
Researchers have analyzed Nationally Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) data to determine
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