Current situation: Investigation of outbreaks of S. Stanley from December 2013 to May 2014
After a multinational S. Stanley outbreak in 2011–2012, the number of cases reported at the EU level remained above the pre-outbreak level: in 2007–2010, an average of 108 cases was reported annually; in 2011–2013, an average of 313 cases was reported annually). In 2013, an average of 38 cases per month was reported through TESSy; most of the cases had a domestic origin (71%).
On 8 April 2014, Austria reported through the EPIS-FWD platform that the National Reference Centre for Salmonella had observed an increase of cases of S. Stanley infection since the beginning of the year. As of 9 April 2014, 42 cases have been identified, compared with 12 cases in the first quarter of 2013. Nine cases were hospitalised (21%).