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

Ravit Bassal (), Maya Davidovich-Cohen, Eugenia Yakunin, Assaf Rokney, Shifra Ken-Dror, Merav Strauss, Tamar Wolf, Orli Sagi, Sharon Amit, Jacob Moran-Gilad, Orit Treygerman, Racheli Karyo, Lital Keinan-Boker and Dani Cohen
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Ravit Bassal: Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel
Maya Davidovich-Cohen: Salmonella National Reference Center, Public Health Laboratories-Jerusalem (PHL-J) Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalmem 34410, Israel
Eugenia Yakunin: Salmonella National Reference Center, Public Health Laboratories-Jerusalem (PHL-J) Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalmem 34410, Israel
Assaf Rokney: Salmonella National Reference Center, Public Health Laboratories-Jerusalem (PHL-J) Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalmem 34410, Israel
Shifra Ken-Dror: Microbiology Laboratory, Haifa and Western Gallilee, Clalit Health Services, Nesher 36888, Israel
Merav Strauss: Microbiology Laboratory, Emek Medical Center, Afula 18341, Israel
Tamar Wolf: Central Laboratory, Maccabi Health Services, Rehovot 76703, Israel
Orli Sagi: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
Sharon Amit: Microbiology Laboratories, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel
Jacob Moran-Gilad: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, The Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Orit Treygerman: Central Laboratory, Meuhedet Health Services, Lod 71293, Israel
Racheli Karyo: Central Laboratory, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv 61581, Israel
Lital Keinan-Boker: Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel
Dani Cohen: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 9, 1-12

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: salmonellosis; epidemiology; incidence rate; Israel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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