Figure 1.

Food and water-borne outbreaks, i.e., cases in which ≥2 persons fell ill from the same food and the same agent, per causative pathogen in 2018 in the EU and associated countries. The explanation of “other” relevant for this paper is as follows. Other bacteria include Aeromonas hydrophila, (enteroinvasive (EIEC) or enterotoxigenic (ETEC)) Escherichia coli, Enterococcus, Leptospira spp., Shigella spp., Shigella flexneri, Shigella sonnei, Yersinia enterocolitica, and unspecified bacteria. Other viruses include adenovirus, flavivirus, hepatitis E virus, rotavirus, and unspecified viruses. Other parasites include Giardia intestinalis (lamblia), Giardia spp., Taenia saginata, and unspecified parasites. Figure courtesy of EFSA from [18].