Table 47.
Summary of Brucella statistics related to humans, major food categories and main animal species (stratified by disease‐free status (a) and non‐disease‐free status zones), EU, 2017–2021
| 2021 (b) | 2020 | 2019 (c) | 2018 (c) | 2017 (c) | Data source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humans | ||||||
| Total number of confirmed cases | 162 | 132 | 309 | 332 | 378 | ECDC |
| Total number of confirmed cases/100,000 population (notification rates) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.09 | ECDC |
| Number of reporting MSs | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired in the EU | 76 | 68 | 126 | 133 | 148 | ECDC |
| Infection acquired outside the EU | 21 | 14 | 50 | 51 | 46 | ECDC |
| Unknown travel status or unknown country of infection | 65 | 50 | 133 | 148 | 184 | ECDC |
| Number of outbreak‐related cases | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | EFSA |
| Total number of outbreaks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | EFSA |
| Food | ||||||
| Milk and milk products | ||||||
| Number of sampling units | 320 | 275 | 586 | 1,005 | 1,338 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | EFSA |
| Animals | ||||||
| Cattle (Bovine animals) | ||||||
| Number of infected herds in disease‐free zones | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting disease‐free MSs | 22 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | EFSA |
| Number of infected herds in non‐disease‐free zones | 546 | 603 | 485 | 563 | 648 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting non‐disease‐free MSs | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | EFSA |
| Sheep and goats | ||||||
| Number of infected herds in disease‐free zones | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting disease‐free MSs | 22 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | EFSA |
| Number of infected herds in non‐disease‐free zones | 331 | 349 | 451 | 620 | 815 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting non‐disease‐free MSs | 6 | 7 (d) | 8 | 8 | 8 | EFSA |
ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; EFSA: European Food Safety Authority; MSs: Member States.
: Disease‐free status from infection with B. abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in bovine animal populations, and/or ovine and caprine animal populations.
: Data on food and animal samples from the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) are taken into account for 2021. In accordance with the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, and in particular with the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, EU requirements on data sampling are also applicable to Northern Ireland.
: Data from the United Kingdom are taken into account for 2017–2019, because the United Kingdom was an EU MS over this period but it became a third country on 1 February 2020.
: No data were reported from Bulgaria.