Table 1.

Main human pathogens with a foodborne transmission route and evidence of climatic drivers across Europe

Taxonomic divisions	Pathogen name	H-index	Taxonomic divisions	Pathogen name	H-index
Bacteria	Escherichia coli	524	Bacteria	Clostridium perfringens	101
Bacteria	Staphylococcus aureus	271	Bacteria	Yersinia pseudotuberculosis	99
Bacteria	Helicobacter pylori	246	Protozoa	Entamoeba histolytica	98
Bacteria	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	243	Fungi	Gibberella moniliformis	97
Bacteria	Bacillus subtilis	219	Viruses	Hepatitis A virus	95
Bacteria	Listeria monocytogenes	207	Fungi	Fusarium oxysporum	93
Protozoa	Toxoplasma gondii	148	Protozoa	Cryptosporidium parvum	92
Bacteria	Vibrio cholerae	145	Bacteria	Enterobacter cloacae	90
Bacteria	Shigella flexneri	142	Bacteria	Aeromonas hydrophila	89
Bacteria	Escherichia coli O157:h7	138	Bacteria	Acinetobacter baumannii	88
Bacteria	Mycobacterium bovis	132	Bacteria	Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar enteritidis	87
Bacteria	Campylobacter jejuni	130	Bacteria	Treponema pallidum	87
Bacteria	Clostridium difficile	127	Viruses	Hepatitis E virus	83
Bacteria	Yersinia enterocolitica	126	Bacteria	Shigella dysenteriae	80
Bacteria	Mycobacterium avium	125	Bacteria	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	80
Bacteria	Bacillus anthracis	122	Bacteria	Bacillus licheniformis	78
Bacteria	Staphylococcus epidermidis	114	Helminthes	Trichinella spiralis	78
Bacteria	Streptococcus pyogenes	113	Bacteria	Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar typhimurium	77
Bacteria	Bacillus cereus	111	Bacteria	Brucella abortus	76
Bacteria	Clostridium botulinum	106	Bacteria	Enterobacter aerogenes	75
Viruses	Encephalomyocarditis virus	105	Bacteria	Francisella tularensis	74
Bacteria	Yersinia pestis	105	Bacteria	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	74

Based on scientific literature reports and ranked according to their H-index. (Adapted from McIntyre et al. Scientific Reports. 2017, Aug 2;7(1):7134) [23]