Annual epidemiological reports for congenital toxoplasmosis and yersiniosis

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published two reports in its series of annual epidemiological reports on communicable diseases in Europe. 

• Congenital toxoplasmosis annual report for 2017 reported 194 confirmed cases of congenital toxoplasmosis were reported in the EU/EEA, with France accounting for 79% of all confirmed cases due to active screening of pregnant women. 
• Yersiniosis annual report for 2018 reported 7,204 confirmed yersiniosis cases in 29 countries in the EU/EEA, with the highest rates reported by Finland, Belgium and the Czech Republic. 

Source: ECDC, 7 November 2019