Salmonellosis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

Surveillance report

9 Jan 2023

Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report

Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2018 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 17 September 2019.

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Salmonellosis is the second most commonly reported gastrointestinal infection, and an important cause of food-borne outbreaks in the EU/EEA.

In 2018, 92 881 laboratory-confirmed cases of salmonellosis were reported, out of which 121 were fatal. The EU/EEA notification rate was 20.0 cases per 100 000 population. Salmonellosis notification rates have stabilised in the last six years, after a long period characterised by a declining trend. Young children (0−4 years) had the highest notification rate with 94.9 cases per 100 000 population, eight times higher than in adults (25–64 years).