In 2024, the five most reported zoonoses in humans were: campylobacteriosis, with 168,396 cases (55.3 cases per 100,000 people), salmonellosis, with 79,703 cases (18.6 cases per 100,000 people), Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections, with 11,738 cases (3.5 cases per 100,000 people), listeriosis, with 3041 confirmed invasive human cases of Listeria monocytogenes (0.69 cases per 100,000 people). The number of cases reported over the last five years showed significant increases in brucellosis, campylobacteriosis, listeriosis, salmonellosis, and STEC infections. The number of food-borne outbreaks reported in 2024 (6558) increased by 14.5% compared to 2023, and so did the number of reported human cases (62,481) and hospitalizations (3336), which increased by 19.7% and 15.2%, respectively. Conversely, the number of deaths (53) decreased by 18.5% in 2024. Salmonella spp., norovirus, and Campylobacter were the most common identified causes of food-borne outbreaks in 2024. The number of outbreaks they caused increased compared to 2023. In 2024, L. monocytogenes was the zoonotic disease with the highest percentage of hospitalizations and deaths among outbreak cases (72.1% and 8.3%, respectively) and non-outbreak-related infections (97.3% and 15.6%, respectively). @ https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/european-union-one-health-2024-zoonoses-report
