Trends in the Epidemiology of Non-Typhoidal Salmonellosis in Israel between 2010 and 2021

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ID15470904
AuthorsRavit Bassal (0000-0002-0086-2968, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author), Maya Davidovich-Cohen (Israel Ministry of Health), Eugenia Yakunin (Israel Ministry of Health), Assaf Rokney (0000-0002-5210-0711, Israel Ministry of Health), Shifra Ken‐Dror (Clalit Health Services), Shifra Ken-Dror (Clalit Health Services), Merav Strauss (Emek Medical Center), Tamar Wolf (0009-0006-4451-1023, Maccabi Healthcare Services), Orli Sagi (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Sharon Amit (0000-0002-0867-1824, Sheba Medical Center), Jacob Moran‐Gilad (0000-0001-9134-050X), Jacob Moran-Gilad (Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, The Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem 91120, Israel), Orit Treygerman (Clalit Health Services), Racheli Karyo (Clalit Health Services), Lital Keinan-Boker (Sheba Medical Center), Dani Cohen (0000-0003-2664-2303, Tel Aviv University)
Year2023
Volume20
Issue9
Pages5626-5626
Publication date2023-04-24
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20095626
PMID37174146
OpenAlexW4366988892
LanguageEN
References cited26

Non-typhoidal salmonellosis (NTS) is one of the most common foodborne diseases worldwide. In this study, we aimed to analyze trends in the epidemiology of NTS in the last decade in Israel. Laboratory-confirmed cases of NTS at eight sentinel laboratories were reported to the Israel Sentinel Laboratory-Based Surveillance Network, integrated with the serotype identification performed at the Salmonella National Reference Laboratory of the Ministry of Health. The decrease in NTS incidence since 1999 continued between 2010 and 2014 (16.1 per 100,000 in 2014) and was interrupted by a rise between 2015 and 2017 (39.1 per 100,000 in 2017) associated with outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis. The incidence of NTS dropped again thereafter (21.4 per 100,000 in 2021). The 0-4 age group was the most affected by NTS (55.5% of the cases) throughout the surveillance period. The age-adjusted incidence rates were consistently high in the summer months (June-September) and low in the winter months (December-February). The overall decrease in the incidence of NTS in Israel since 1999 was temporarily interrupted in the last decade by country-wide outbreaks involving emerging or re-emerging Salmonella serotypes. Control measures should be enhanced for all risk points of food chain transmission of Salmonella spp. to further reduce the NTS morbidity in Israel

Biology · Christian ministry · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry · Outbreak · Salmonella · Salmonella enteritidis · Serotype · Transmission (telecommunications · Veterinary medicine · Demography · Food Safety and Hygiene · Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety · Medicine · Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Virology

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