date:Sep 01, 2018
how 751 cases due to verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) since the start of 2018 until mid-August, an increase of 215 compared to the same period last year.
The EU report on trends and sources of food-borne outbreaks in 2016 by the European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says from 2012 through 2016, there were six countries that reported significantly increasing trends: Finland, France, Ireland, Malta, Romania and Spain.
The highest country‐specific not