| Literature DB >> 16403230 |
Birgitta de Jong1, Karl Ekdahl.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Salmonella is an infectious agents causing numerous cases of illness each year, and thereby having significant economic impact. Using returning Swedish travellers we estimated the burden of salmonellosis in different European countries.Entities:
Mesh:
Year: 2006 PMID: 16403230 PMCID: PMC1352352 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMC Public Health ISSN: 1471-2458 Impact factor: 3.295
Comparison of risk of Salmonella infection in Swedish travellers to national reported incidence and estimated incidence of salmonellosis.
| Norway | 0.2 (0.11–0.38) | 30 | 40 | 3.77 | 1.0 (ref.) | 4 |
| Finland | 0.4 (0.28–0.58) | 29 | 39 | 13.1 | 0.6 | 8 |
| Iceland | 2.2 (0.79–6.1) | 25 | 75 | 129 | 0.4 | 47 |
| Estonia1 | 2.6 (0.94–7.2) | 85 | 2 | 40.6 | 1.3 | 54 |
| Ireland | 3.2 (1.8–3.8) | 33 | 25 | 16.0 | 4.3 | 69 |
| Denmark | 3.8 (3.4–4.3 | 67 | 15 | 44.4 | 1.8 | 81 |
| Netherlands2 | 4.6 (3.2–6.6) | 71 | 29 | 12.6 | 7.7 | 98 |
| United Kingdom | 5.6 (4.8–6.5) | 83 | 7 | 27.9 | 4.3 | 119 |
| France | 8.4 (7.2–9.7) | 59 | 13 | 21.5 | 8.3 | 178 |
| Germany | 8.3 (7.4–9.3) | 79 | 13 | 96.1 | 1.8 | 177 |
| Austria | 12.0 (9.7–14.9) | 83 | 2 | 85.6 | 3.0 | 255 |
| Italy | 12.8 (11.2–14.6) | 54 | 18 | 20.6 | 13.1 | 271 |
| Belgium | 13.5 (10.0–18.2) | 86 | 10 | 153 | 1.9 | 286 |
| Lithuania1 | 15.3 (4.5–52.5) | 94 | 0 | 32.5 | 10.0 | 325 |
| Latvia1 | 23.9 (12.4–46.5) | 98 | 1 | 43.4 | 11.7 | 507 |
| Greece | 39.2 (36.4–42.2) | 70 | 8 | 8.5 | 97.7 | 833 |
| Croatia | 40.1 (32.7–49.1) | 85 | 8 | 27.9 | 30.6 | 852 |
| Slovenia | 40.1 (32.7–49.1) | 50 | 20 | 85.1 | 10.0 | 852 |
| Hungary | 41.8 (33.7–51.8) | 71 | 34 | 163 | 5.5 | 888 |
| Czech Republic | 54.8 (45.5–66.1) | 77 | 5 | 391 | 3.0 | 1161 |
| Slovakia | 54.8 (45.5–66.1) | 94 | 0 | 336 | 3.5 | 1165 |
| Cyprus | 66.0 (56.2–77.6) | 37 | 15 | 19.7 | 71.2 | 1403 |
| Romania | 68.6 (39.5–119) | 40 | 31 | 4.4 | 332 | 1457 |
| Spain3 | 72.0 (68.5–75.7) | 79 | 7 | 14.9 | 103 | 1531 |
| Poland | 76.5 (65.5–89.4) | 77 | 3 | 100 | 16.2 | 1626 |
| Portugal | 79.9 (68.0–93.9) | 82 | 7 | 4.49 | 378 | 1697 |
| Malta | 101 (69.1–147) | 60 | 13 | 23.1 | 92.6 | 2141 |
| Turkey | 110 (97.2–125) | 48 | 4 | 39.2 | 59.8 | 2344 |
| Bulgaria | 129 (103–162) | 68 | 17 | 10.1 | 271 | 2741 |
1 Risk per 100,000 travellers calculated on figures from 2002–2003
2 Incidence calculated on 63% of inhabitants since reported number of cases is from laboratories with a catchments area of 63% of inhabitants
The number per country of the most common Salmonella serovars from notified cases in returning Swedish travellers with non-typhoidal salmonellosis 1997–2003.
| Norway | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Finland | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
| Denmark | 2 | 239 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 4 | |
| Iceland | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 1 | 60 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| United Kingdom | 1 | 173 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| France | 1 | 3 | 149 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 9 | |
| Ireland | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 25 | 10 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 7 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 1 | 323 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 5 | ||
| Austria | 1 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Italy | 3 | 184 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 2 | ||
| Malta | 5 | 2 | 78 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 3 | ||||
| Portugal | 1 | 4 | 498 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 4 | |||
| Spain | 14 | 3 | 4,891 | 100 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 34 | 6 | 446 | 78 |
| Greece | 8 | 31 | 1,315 | 39 | 11 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 156 | 36 |
| Baltic countries | 143 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Bulgaria | 10 | 350 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 90 | |||
| Poland | 1 | 510 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 4 | ||
| Romania | 19 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
| Czech Rep. + Slovakia | 5 | 290 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| Hungary | 2 | 7 | 164 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 5 | |||
| Cyprus | 2 | 80 | 202 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 20 |
| Turkey | 94 | 6 | 674 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 58 | 210 | |
Figure 1Proportion of Proportion of Salmonella Enteritidis in returning travellers, plotted against the estimated incidence of salmonellosis. Each dot represents one country in the study.
The number per country of the most common Salmonella Enteritidis phage types in returning Swedish travellers with non-typhoidal salmonellosis 1997–2003.
| Norway | 2 | ||||||||
| Finland | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Denmark | 6 | 23 | 52 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Iceland | 1 | ||||||||
| Belgium | 2 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 10 | 110 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| France | 8 | 75 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 3 | ||
| Ireland | 4 | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Switzerland | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Germany | 10 | 196 | 25 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 20 | |
| Austria | 1 | 46 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Italy | 24 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 20 | 14 | |
| Malta | 18 | 58 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Portugal | 201 | 96 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 39 | 25 | ||
| Spain | 1,689 | 1,612 | 128 | 211 | 11 | 86 | 20 | 76 | 151 |
| Greece | 139 | 328 | 4 | 120 | 36 | 24 | 3 | 380 | 73 |
| Baltic countries | 77 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Bulgaria | 7 | 191 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 39 | 36 |
| Poland | 43 | 183 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 101 | 1 | 84 | |
| Rumania | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Czech Republic + Slovakia | 6 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 206 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Hungary | 4 | 73 | 30 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Cyprus | 79 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Turkey | 20 | 377 | 73 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 52 | ||
Duration of travel shown as percentage of nights spent in each country
| Norway | 23 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 35 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Iceland | 0 | 6 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| Estonia | 14 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Ireland | 6 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | 31 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| France | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 3 |
| Germany | 21 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Austria | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| Italy | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 3 |
| Belgium | 26 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 25 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Latvia | 2 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 15 | 23 |
| Hungary | 1 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 |
| Romania | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 3 |
| Poland | 16 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Portugal | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Malta | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 2 |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 2 |