Table 44.
Reported human cases of brucellosis and notification rates per 100,000 population in the EU/EFTA, by country and year, 2013–2017
| Country | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National coveragea | Data formata | Total cases | Confirmed cases & rates | Confirmed cases & rates | Confirmed cases & rates | Confirmed cases & rates | Confirmed cases & rates | ||||||
| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | ||||
| Austria (OBF/ObmF)b | Y | C | 6 | 6 | 0.07 | 4 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.01 | 7 | 0.08 |
| Belgium (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 8 | 8 | 0.07 | 4 | 0.04 | 9 | 0.08 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| Bulgaria | Y | A | 2 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 36 | 0.50 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Croatia | Y | C | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cyprus (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Czech Republic (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Denmarkc (OBF/ObmF) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Estonia (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Finland (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Franced :(OBF) | Y | C | 23 | 21 | 0.03 | 19 | 0.03 | 17 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.02 | 19 | 0.03 |
| Germany (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 41 | 41 | 0.05 | 36 | 0.04 | 44 | 0.05 | 45 | 0.06 | 26 | 0.03 |
| Greece | Y | C | 95 | 94 | 0.87 | 119 | 1.10 | 109 | 1.00 | 135 | 1.24 | 159 | 1.44 |
| Hungary (ObmF) | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ireland (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 2 | 2 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Italye : | Y | C | 99 | 99 | 0.16 | 211 | 0.35 | 105 | 0.17 | 121 | 0.22 | 141 | 0.24 |
| Latvia (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Lithuania (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.07 |
| Luxembourg (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Malta (OBF) | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.24 |
| The Netherlands (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 2 | 2 | 0.01 | 5 | 0.03 | 7 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 | 5 | 0.03 |
| Poland (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 2 | 2 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Portugalf | Y | C | 16 | 16 | 0.16 | 50 | 0.48 | 46 | 0.44 | 50 | 0.48 | 22 | 0.21 |
| Romania (OBF, ObmF) | Y | C | 3 | 3 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Slovakia (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Slovenia (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Spaing | Y | C | 68 | 63 | 0.14 | 37 | 0.08 | 33 | 0.07 | 56 | 0.12 | 87 | 0.19 |
| Sweden (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 15 | 14 | 0.14 | 19 | 0.19 | 13 | 0.13 | 16 | 0.17 | 10 | 0.11 |
| United Kingdomh (ObmF) | Y | C | – | – | – | 14 | 0.02 | 12 | 0.02 | 11 | 0.02 | 15 | 0.02 |
| EU Total | – | – | 387 | 378 | 0.09 | 530 | 0.11 | 437 | 0.09 | 460 | 0.09 | 498 | 0.10 |
| Icelandi | Y | C | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Norway (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 3 | 3 | 0.01 | 4 | 0.08 | 2 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.04 |
| Switzerlandj : (OBF/ObmF) | Y | C | 9 | 9 | 0.11 | 7 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.04 |
Y: yes; N: no; A: aggregated data; C: case‐based data;–: no report.
OBF/ObmF: Officially Brucellosis free in cattle/Officially B. melitensis free in sheep and goats.
No surveillance system.
In France, all but one of the 96 metropolitan departments (due to Rev.1 vaccination against Brucella ovis) are ObmF and no cases of brucellosis have been reported in small ruminants since 2003.
In Italy, 11 regions and nine provinces are OBF and also 13 regions and four provinces are ObmF.
In Portugal, six islands of the Azores and the superior administrative unit of Algarve are OBF whereas all nine Azores islands are ObmF.
In Spain, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Castile‐La Mancha, four provinces of Castile and Leon, Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia, Murcia, La Rioja and Navarre are OBF and Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, three provinces of Castile‐La Mancha, Castile and Leon, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Navarre, Basque Country and Valencia in Spain are ObmF.
In the United Kingdom, Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland are OBF, and the whole of the United Kingdom is ObmF.
In Iceland, which has no special agreement on animal health (status) with the EU, brucellosis (B. abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis) has never been reported.
Switzerland provided data directly to EFSA. The human data for Switzerland include data from Liechtenstein.