Volume 9, Number 1—January 2003
Research
Viral Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Europe, 1995–2000
, Mark Reacher*, Yvonne van Duijnhoven‡, François-Xavier Hanon§, David Brown†, and Marion Koopmans‡1
Table 4
Foodborne transmission and supporting evidence of implicated food vehicles, European surveillance, 2000
| Country | Total outbreaks | Food/waterborne outbreaks (%) | Evidence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratorya | Statisticalb | ||||
| Denmark |
17 |
16 (94) |
1 |
0 |
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| England and Wales |
290 |
20 (7) |
1 |
4 |
|
| Finland |
58 |
14 (24) |
0 |
0 |
|
| France |
28 |
28 (100) |
2 |
1 |
|
| Germany |
227 |
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| Italy |
2 |
0 |
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| Slovenia |
14 |
2 (14) |
0 |
0 |
|
| Spain |
14 |
1 (7) |
0 |
1 |
|
| Sweden |
190 |
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| the Netherlands | 41 | 7 (17) | 0 | 2 | |
aSame organism found in stool specimen and food vehicle.
bStatistically significant result from cohort or case-control study.
1On behalf of the Foodborne Viruses in Europe group, which includes: the Netherlands: M. Koopmans, H. Vennena, Y. van Duynhoven, and M.A. Widdowson,; Finland: K.-H. von Bonsdorff, L. Maunula; Denmark: B. Böttiger, K. Mølbak, F.X. Hanon; Sweden: L. Svensson, K.-O. Hedlund, Maria Thorvag, Juan Carrique-Mas; United Kingdom: D. Brown, M. Reacher, J. Green, B. Lopman; Germany: E. Schreier, H. Gelderblom, Andrea Ammon; Spain: A. Sanchez-Faquier, G. Hernández-Pezzi, A. Bosch, J. Buesa; France: F. LeGuyader, P. Pothier, E. Kohli; Italy: F. Ruggeri, D. DeMedici; and Slovenia: M. Poljsak-Prijatelj, A. Hocevar-Grom.