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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Epidemiology of Pathogens Listed as Potential Bioterrorism Agents, the Netherlands, 2009-2019
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 29, No. 7, Year 2023
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Description
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. © 2023 Authors. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Franz, Eelco
Netherlands, Bilthoven
Rijksinstituut Voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
Friesema, Ingrid H. M.
Netherlands, Bilthoven
Rijksinstituut Voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
Reubsaet, Frans A.G.
Netherlands, Bilthoven
Rijksinstituut Voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
Rutjes, Saskia A.
Netherlands, Bilthoven
Rijksinstituut Voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
de Vries, Maaike C.
Netherlands, Bilthoven
Rijksinstituut Voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
Notermans, D. W.
Netherlands, Bilthoven
Rijksinstituut Voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
Grobusch, Martín Peter
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Amsterdam Umc - University of Amsterdam
Statistics
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3201/eid2907.221769
ISSN:
10806040
Study Design
Cohort Study
Phenomenological Study