Yersiniosis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2019

Surveillance report
25 Jan 2021
Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report on Communicable Diseases in Europe
Time period covered: 1 January - 31 December 2019
Cite:

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Yersiniosis. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2019. Stockholm: ECDC; 2021.

For 2019, 29 countries reported 7 048 confirmed yersiniosis cases in the EU/EEA. The overall notification rate of 1.7 per 100 000 population remained stable from 2015 to 2019. The highest rates were reported by Finland, Lithuania and Czechia. The highest rate was detected in 0–4 year-old children, with 7.2 per 100 000 population for males and
5.9 per 100 000 population for females.