Table 1.

Estimated Salmonella Seroincidence in 13 European Countries, Incidence of Reported Cases, Risk of Salmonellosis for Swedish Travelers [10], and Data From European Baseline Surveys Conducted in Laying Hens, Broilers, and Slaughter Pigs [11–13]

Country	Serum Samples, No.	Collection Period	Material	Estimated Seroincidence (Infections/Person-Year) (95% CI)	Reported Culture-Confirmed Cases, No./100 000 Population	Risk Per 100 000 Swedish Travelers	Laying Hen Holding Prevalence (2004–2005), %	Broiler Flock Prevalence (2005–2006), %	Prevalence in Slaughter Pigs (2006–2007), %
Austria	219	2012	Leftover sera	0.119 (.028–.186)	17.1	12.0	15.4	5.4	2
Denmark	1780	2006–2007	Community-based study	0.078 (.020–.139)	30.7	3.8	2.7	1.6	7.7
England	500	2010	Leftover sera	0.095 (.028–.186)	18.7	5.6	11.9	8.2	21.2
Finland	500	2000–2001	Subsamples of serum banks	0.071 (.020–.139)	50.5	0.4	0.4	0.1	0
France	1010	2003–2004	Routine free health checks	0.387 (.296–.486)	10	8.4	17.2	6.2	18.1
Greece	500	2011	Blood donors and relatives of patients	0.205 (.111–.317)	4.2	39.2	49.3	24	24.8
Ireland	500	2009	Pregnancy serum samples	0.16 (.077–.258)	7.5	3.2	1.4	27.6	16.1
Italy	516	2003–2004	Persons consulting health service	0.223 (.124–.344)	11.1	12.8	29.2	28.3	16.5
The Netherlands	1065	1998–2002	Subsamples of serum banks	0.164 (.098–.239)	20.6	…	…	…	…
The Netherlands	1053	2006–2007	Subsamples of serum banks	0.147 (.091–.212)	15.7	4.6	15.4	7.5	8.5
Poland	500	2004	Persons consulting health service	0.549 (.382–.735)	41.8	76.5	76.2	58.2	5.1
Romania	509	2007	Persons consulting district medical service (nongastroenteritis)	0.357 (.229–.502)	2.9	68.9	…	…	…
Spain	500	2012	Healthy population in Valencia region	0.608 (.435–.798)	32.5	72.0	73.2	41.2	29
Sweden	525	2007–2008	Subsamples of serum banks	0.056 (.011–.119)	43.1	…	0	0	1.3

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.