Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human salmonellosis in the Netherlands

The public health measures implemented to control COVID-19 may influence also other infectious diseases. Using national laboratory surveillance data, we assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human salmonellosis in the Netherlands until March 2021. Salmonellosis incidence decreased significantly after March 2020: in the 2nd, 3rdand 4thquarters of 2020, and in the 1stquarter of 2021, incidence decreased by 55%, 57%, 47% and 37%, respectively, compared to the same quarters of 2016-2019. The decrease was strongest among travel-related cases (94%, 84%, 79% and 93% in the aforementioned qu... Mehr ...