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. 2022 Dec 13;20(12):e07666. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7666

Table 48.

Reported confirmed human cases of brucellosis and notification rates per 100,000 population in EU MSs and non‐MSs countries, by country and year, 2017–2021

Country 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Status National coverage  (c) Data format  (c) Confirmed cases and rates Confirmed cases and rates Confirmed cases and rates Confirmed cases and rates Confirmed cases and rates
Bv (a) Ov,Cp (b) Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate
Austria DFS DFS Y C 6 0.07 8 0.09 6 0.07 7 0.08 6 0.07
Belgium DFS DFS Y A 7 0.06 4 0.03 3 0.03 9 0.08 8 0.07
Bulgaria Y A 0 0 1 0.01 0 0 1 0.01 2 0.03
Croatia DFS Y C 2 0.05 1 0.02 3 0.07 3 0.07 1 0.02
Cyprus DFS DFS Y C 1 0.11 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Czechia DFS DFS Y C 1 0.01 0 0.00 4 0.04 4 0.04 1 0.01
Denmark (d) DFS DFS – – – – – – – – – – – –
Estonia DFS DFS Y C 0 0 0 0.00 1 0.08 1 0.08 0 0
Finland DFS DFS Y C 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 0.02
France DFS Y C 21 0.03 19 0.03 34 0.05 0 0 21 0.03
Germany DFS DFS Y C 13 0.02 19 0.02 36 0.04 37 0.04 41 –
Greece Y C 24 0.22 30 0.28 65 0.61 97 0.90 94 0.87
Hungary DFS Y C 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ireland DFS DFS Y C 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2 0.04
Italy Y C 32 0.05 18 0.03 49 0.08 94 0.16 99 0.16
Latvia DFS DFS Y C 0 0 1 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lithuania DFS DFS Y C 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luxembourg DFS DFS Y C 1 0.16 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta DFS Y C 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands DFS DFS Y C 2 0.01 2 0.01 7 0.04 5 0.03 2 0.01
Poland DFS DFS Y C 1 < 0.01 0 0.00 2 0.01 0 0 2 0.01
Portugal Y C 10 0.10 9 0.09 33 0.32 19 0.18 16 0.16
Romania DFS DFS Y C 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0.01 1 0.01 3 0.02
Slovakia DFS DFS Y C 6 0.11 2 0.04 1 0.02 0 0 1 0.02
Slovenia DFS DFS Y C 0 0 1 0.05 6 0.29 3 0.15 1 0.05
Spain (e) DFS Y C 25 – 10 – 20 0.04 40 0.09 63 0.14
Sweden DFS DFS Y C 10 0.10 7 0.07 14 0.14 11 0.11 14 0.14
EU Total 27 – – – 162 0.03 132 0.03 285 0.06 332 0.08 378 0.09
United Kingdom (f) – – – – – – – – 24 0.04 – – – –
EU Total – – – 162 0.03 132 0.03 309 0.06 332 0.08 378 0.09
Iceland Y C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norway DFS DFS Y C 3 0.06 2 0.04 4 0.08 3 0.06 3 0.06
Liechtenstein DFS DFS Y C 0 0 3 0.03 7 0.08 5 0.06 9 0.11
Switzerland (g) DFS DFS Y C 6 0.07

–: Data not reported.

DFS: Disease‐free status from infection with B. abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis in bovine animal populations, and/or in ovine and caprine animal populations.

(a)

: Bovine animal population.

(b)

: Ovine and caprine animal populations.

(c)

: Y: yes; N: no; A: aggregated data; C: case‐based data.

(d)

: No surveillance system.

(e)

: Data not complete for 2020–2021, rate not estimated.

(f)

: Cases reported by the United Kingdom for the period 2017–2019 were also considered for this estimation (EU‐28). When the United Kingdom data were collected for the period 2017–2019, the United Kingdom was an EU MS, but it became a third country on 1 February 2020.

(g)

: Switzerland provided data directly to EFSA. The human data for Switzerland include data from Liechtenstein for the years 2017–2020.

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All Zones of the MS have disease‐free status.

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Not all Zones of the MS have disease‐free status.

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No Zones of the MS have disease‐free status.