Table 1

Comparison of risk of Salmonella infection in Swedish travellers to national reported incidence and estimated incidence of salmonellosis.

Country
Risk per 100,000 travellers (95% CI)
Percent S. Enteritidis among Swedish travellers
Percent S. Typhimurium among Swedish travellers
Reported incidence per 100,000 inhabitant
Under-detection index
Estimated incidence per 100,000 inhabitant

Norway
0.2 (0.11–0.38)
30
40
3.77
1.0 (ref.)
4
Finland
0.4 (0.28–0.58)
29
39
13.1
0.6
8
Iceland
2.2 (0.79–6.1)
25
75
129
0.4
47
Estonia1
2.6 (0.94–7.2)
85
2
40.6
1.3
54
Ireland
3.2 (1.8–3.8)
33
25
16.0
4.3
69
Denmark
3.8 (3.4–4.3
67
15
44.4
1.8
81
Netherlands2
4.6 (3.2–6.6)
71
29
12.6
7.7
98
United Kingdom
5.6 (4.8–6.5)
83
7
27.9
4.3
119
France
8.4 (7.2–9.7)
59
13
21.5
8.3
178
Germany
8.3 (7.4–9.3)
79
13
96.1
1.8
177
Austria
12.0 (9.7–14.9)
83
2
85.6
3.0
255
Italy
12.8 (11.2–14.6)
54
18
20.6
13.1
271
Belgium
13.5 (10.0–18.2)
86
10
153
1.9
286
Lithuania1
15.3 (4.5–52.5)
94
0
32.5
10.0
325
Latvia1
23.9 (12.4–46.5)
98
1
43.4
11.7
507
Greece
39.2 (36.4–42.2)
70
8
8.5
97.7
833
Croatia
40.1 (32.7–49.1)
85
8
27.9
30.6
852
Slovenia
40.1 (32.7–49.1)
50
20
85.1
10.0
852
Hungary
41.8 (33.7–51.8)
71
34
163
5.5
888
Czech Republic
54.8 (45.5–66.1)
77
5
391
3.0
1161
Slovakia
54.8 (45.5–66.1)
94
0
336
3.5
1165
Cyprus
66.0 (56.2–77.6)
37
15
19.7
71.2
1403
Romania
68.6 (39.5–119)
40
31
4.4
332
1457
Spain3
72.0 (68.5–75.7)
79
7
14.9
103
1531
Poland
76.5 (65.5–89.4)
77
3
100
16.2
1626
Portugal
79.9 (68.0–93.9)
82
7
4.49
378
1697
Malta
101 (69.1–147)
60
13
23.1
92.6
2141
Turkey
110 (97.2–125)
48
4
39.2
59.8
2344
Bulgaria
129 (103–162)
68
17
10.1
271
2741

1 Risk per 100,000 travellers calculated on figures from 2002–2003

2 Incidence calculated on 63% of inhabitants since reported number of cases is from laboratories with a catchments area of 63% of inhabitants

de Jong and Ekdahl BMC Public Health 2006 6:4   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-4