Yersiniosis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2017

Surveillance report
30 Jan 2020
Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report on Communicable Diseases in Europe
Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2017 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 11 September 2018.
Cite:

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Yersiniosis. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2017. Stockholm: ECDC; 2020.

For 2017, 28 countries reported 6 890 confirmed yersiniosis cases in the EU/EEA. The overall notification rate was 1.8 per 100 000 population and remained stable from 2013–2017. The highest rate was detected in 0–4 year-old children (7.7 per 100 000 population). The highest rates were reported by Finland, Lithuania and the Czech Republic.