Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2012, 60(1), 189-200 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201260010189

Application of epidemiological information system (EPIS) in the Slovak Republic within the surveillance of salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis outbreaks in the European union (2001-2010)

Lucia Zeleňáková1, Jana Žiarovská2, Stanislav Kráčmar3, Ladislav Mura4, Dagmar Kozelová1, Ľubomír Lopašovský1, Simona Kunová1, Katarína Tináková5
1 Katedra hygieny a bezpečnosti potravín, Fakulta biotechnológie a potravinárstva, Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 01 Nitra, Slovenská republika
2 Katedra genetiky a šľachtenia rastlín, Fakulta agrobiológie a potravinových zdrojov, Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 01 Nitra, Slovenská republika
3 Ústav analýzy a chemie potravin, Fakulta technologická, Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně, Náměstí T. G. Masaryka 275, 762 72 Zlín, Česká republika
4 Katedra ekonomiky, Fakulta ekonomiky, Univerzita J. Selyeho v Komárne, Bratislavská 3322, 945 01 Komárno, Slovenská republika
5 Regionálny úrad verejného zdravotníctva v Nitre, Štefánikova 8, 949 01 Nitra, Slovenská republika

The aim of the work was to analyze the changes in the epidemiology of salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis diseases in Slovakia over the past 10 years and evaluate them in the context of epidemiological changes comparing to the EU. Salmonellosis (A020) and campylobacteriosis (A045) belong to the diseases with the highest morbidity in Slovakia. For the period 2001-2010 was reported in Slovakia 109 304 salmonellosis cases in human and 3 327 cases of Salmonella carriage. The five-year EU-trend (2005-2009) showed a statistically significant decrease of salmonellosis disease (with a mean reduction of 12% per year). Campylobacteriosis remains a long time the most frequently reported zoonotic disease in humans in Slovakia as well as in EU. For the period of 2001-2010 25 574 campylobacteriosis cases was reported in Slovakia. Most diseases were reported in 2010 with the number 4 591 (84.63 morbidity/100 000 inhabitants). Increase in morbidity is evident since 2003 with an average annual increase of 22%. We focused on more in-depth epidemiological analysis of salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis cases in Slovak Republic in relation to the infection agens and the outbreak of disease transmission mechanism, age and gender, location and seasonality of disease.

Keywords: salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, changes in epidemiology, Slovak Republic, EPIS
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This work was supported by the grant KEGA (237-011SPU-4/2010) and No. MSM 7088352101 which are financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

Received: December 1, 2011; Prepublished online: October 5, 2013; Published: October 9, 2013  Show citation

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Zeleňáková, L., Žiarovská, J., Kráčmar, S., Mura, L., Kozelová, D., Lopašovský, Ľ., Kunová, S., & Tináková, K. (2012). Application of epidemiological information system (EPIS) in the Slovak Republic within the surveillance of salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis outbreaks in the European union (2001-2010). Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 60(1), 189-200. doi: 10.11118/actaun201260010189
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