Table 51.
Summary of Trichinella statistics related to humans and main animal species, EU, 2017–2021
| 2021 (a) | 2020 | 2019 (b) | 2018 (b) | 2017 (b) | Data source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humans | ||||||
| Total number of confirmed cases | 77 | 117 | 97 | 66 | 168 | ECDC |
| Total number of confirmed cases/100,000 population (notification rates) | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | ECDC |
| Number of reporting MSs | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | ECDC |
| Infections acquired in the EU | 29 | 99 | 26 | 18 | 81 | ECDC |
| Infections acquired outside the EU | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ECDC |
| Unknown travel status or unknown country of infection | 46 | 16 | 69 | 47 | 85 | ECDC |
| Number of outbreak‐related cases | 2 | 119 | 44 | 114 | 199 | EFSA |
| Total number of outbreaks | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | EFSA |
| Animals | ||||||
| Domestic pigs RCHC | ||||||
| Number of units tested (c) | 55,177,802 | 55,989,292 | 73,633,900 | 77,794,786 | 72,227,074 | EFSA |
| % of positive units | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | EFSA |
| Domestic pigs NRCHC | ||||||
| Number of units tested (c) | 161,129,635 | 139,637,631 | 145,213,445 | 152,922,322 | 124,689,434 | EFSA |
| % of positive units | 0.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0002 | 0.0003 | 0.0002 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 22 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | EFSA |
| Farmed wild boar | ||||||
| Number of units tested (c) | 5,755 | 3,922 | 7,570 | 6,343 | 17,799 | EFSA |
| % of positive units | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.74 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | EFSA |
| Hunted wild boar | ||||||
| Number of units tested (c) | 1,786,892 | 1,470,830 | 1,757,383 | 1,465,788 | 1,398,905 | EFSA |
| % of positive units | 0.0664 | 0.0484 | 0.0778 | 0.0891 | 0.0878 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | EFSA |
| Foxes | ||||||
| Number of units tested (c) | 6,776 | 5,764 | 6,696 | 6,612 | 6,486 | EFSA |
| % of positive units | 1.5939 | 0.8501 | 1.3292 | 1.6334 | 1.2180 | EFSA |
| Number of reporting MSs | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | EFSA |
ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; EFSA: European Food Safety Authority; MSs: Member States.
RCHC: raised under controlled housing conditions; NRCHC: not raised under controlled housing conditions.
: Data on animals 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, the 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, but it became a third country on 1 February 2020.
: Units: animals and/or slaughter animal batches.