International trends in salmonella serotypes 1998-2003--a surveillance report from the Enter-net international surveillance network.
One of the objectives of any surveillance activity is to monitor trends in infections. The international surveillance network for human enteric infections, Enter-net, has been collecting and reporting data on laboratory-confirmed human salmonella infections since 1993. The number of cases identified rose in the mid-1990s, with the peak being in 1997. This paper describes the subsequent decline in salmonella serotypes being reported by the national reference laboratories participating in the Enter-net surveillance network between 1998-2003. The total number of human cases of salmonellosis reported by the Enter-net participating countries has fallen from 22,698 to 142,891 during this period. Even at these reported levels salmonellosis remains a major cause of morbidity in humans.
Fisher
Ian S T
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HPA Centre for Infections, London, United Kingdom.
D016208:Databases, Factual; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium; D012703:Serotyping