摘要:Foodborne infections are an important Public Health concern worldwide. Most of the pathogens
that play a role in foodborne diseases have a zoonotic origin. The epidemiology of foodborne infections
as well as the food production and distribution chains, have remarkably changed during the past ten
years. Understanding of how pathogens arrive, persist in animal reservoir or enter the food chain is a crucial
step in prevention strategies. These need to be aimed to measure the overall impact of the infections,
to identify trends in incidence and to to recognise rapidly outbreaks also at transanational level. Enter-
Net is an example of an international laboratory based surveillance network which contribute largely to
European foodborne zoonosis surveillance.
关键词:zoonoses, food safety, laboratory surveillance, Europe.