Anthrax continues to be uncommon in humans in Europe, with only a few cases reported every year. For 2020, three confirmed anthrax cases were reported by Italy. Twenty-eight EU/EEA countries notified zero confirmed cases.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 29 May-4 June 2022 and includes updates on West Nile virus infection, COVID-19, Influenza, people displaced from Ukraine, hepatitis, Ebola, monkeypox, cholera, chikungunya and dengue.
As of 3 June 2022, 392 confirmed (n=370) and probable (n=22) cases of monophasic S. Typhimurium have been identified in the EU/EEA and the United Kingdom.
On 17 February 2022, the United Kingdom (UK) reported a cluster of cases with monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 34 infection. As of 18 May 2022, 324 cases had been reported in 12 EU/EEA countries and the UK, including two distinct strains.
On 18 May 2022, ECDC and EFSA published an update of the rapid outbreak assessment on a multi-country outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium linked to chocolate products made at a factory in Arlon, Belgium.