Epidemiology of Pathogens Listed as Potential Bioterrorism Agents, the Netherlands, 2009‒2019

We provide incidences (cases/10 million persons) in the Netherlands during 2009–2019 for pathogens listed as potential bioterrorism agents. We included pathogens from the highest categories of the European Medicines Agency or the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Notifiable diseases and recently published data were used to calculate the average annual incidence. Coxiella burnetii had the highest incidence because of a Q fever epidemic during 2007–2010. Incidence then decreased to 10.8 cases/. Pathogens with an incidence >1 were Brucella spp. (2.5 cases), Francisella tularensis... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Jorrit Broertjes
Eelco Franz
Ingrid H.M. Friesema
Hugo-Jan Jansen
Frans A.G. Reubsaet
Saskia A. Rutjes
Cornelis Stijnis
Bettie C.G. Voordouw
Maaike C. de Vries
Daan W. Notermans
Martin P. Grobusch
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Reihe/Periodikum: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss 7, Pp 1-9 (2023)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagwörter: epidemiology / pathogens / bacteria / viruses / diseases / biosecurity / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29170915
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2907.221769

We provide incidences (cases/10 million persons) in the Netherlands during 2009–2019 for pathogens listed as potential bioterrorism agents. We included pathogens from the highest categories of the European Medicines Agency or the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Notifiable diseases and recently published data were used to calculate the average annual incidence. Coxiella burnetii had the highest incidence because of a Q fever epidemic during 2007–2010. Incidence then decreased to 10.8 cases/. Pathogens with an incidence >1 were Brucella spp. (2.5 cases), Francisella tularensis (1.3 cases), and Burkholderia pseudomallei (1.1 cases). Pathogens with an incidence <1 were hemorrhagic fever viruses (0.3 cases), Clostridium botulinum (0.2 cases), and Bacillus anthracis (0.1 cases). Variola major and Yersinia pestis were absent. The generally low incidences make it unlikely that ill-meaning persons can isolate these pathogens from natural sources in the Netherlands. However, the pathogens are stored in laboratories, underscoring the need for biosecurity measures.