Eurosurveillance - Volume 4, Issue 5, 01 May 1999

This special issue of Eurosurveillance focuses on progress of the Enter-net network in the surveillance and management of outbreaks of human salmonellosis in Europe. This network has established a frequently updated international database and collaboratio

Enter-net is an international network for the surveillance of human gastrointestinal infections, which monitors salmonellosis and Vero cytotoxin producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157, including their antimicrobial resistance. When the network began it in

A decline in the incidence of Salmonella enteritidis infections in western Europe was identified by the Salm-Net (forerunner of Enter-net) salmonella database between 1993 and 1995, when the numbers of S. enteritidis isolates fell from 37 647 to 31 482. T

The Czech Republic is a country in central Europe with a population of about 10 million inhabitants. Salmonellosis is the most commonly reported infectious intestinal disease. Until 1989 about 10 000 cases were reported each year, and similar numbers of S

The free circulation of people, goods, and foods within the European Union (EU) states has increased the opportunity for international outbreaks of foodborne infections despite prevention efforts to reduce microbiological contamination of foodstuffs. The