Alfaleh Amjad, Alkattan Abdullah, Alzaher Abrar, Sagor Khlood, Almarshoud Saud, Ibrahim Mona H
Research and Planning Unit, General Directorate of School Health, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Research and Planning Unit, General Directorate of School Health, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.
Infect Dis Now. 2025 Aug;55(5):105079. doi: 10.1016/j.idnow.2025.105079. Epub 2025 Apr 29.
The present study aims to precisely indicate the status of infectious foodborne disease in Saudi Arabia between 2017 and 2023.
A trend analysis was conducted based on epidemiologic data in Saudi Arabia during 2017-2023. The data include reports from governmental and private health agencies regarding Saudi citizens and residents, whatever their ages, who were diagnosed with infectious foodborne disease. Outbreak and sporadic patients were evaluated. Saudi Arabian crude incidence rates per 100,000 inhabitants and foodborne pathogens were established.
All in all, 42,079 infectious foodborne illnesses were reported in Saudi Arabia between 2017 and 2023; the crude incidence rate averaged 18.0 ± 5.7 per 100,000. In 2017-2023, there were 12,710 foodborne outbreaks with a mean incidence rate of 5.4 ± 2.2 per 100,000. Results also indicate 29,369 sporadic cases reported during 2017-2023, with a mean crude incidence rate of 12.6 ± 3.9 per 100,000. The most widely described pathogen was Entamoeba spp. (mean crude incidence rate of 6.3 per 100,000), followed by Salmonella spp. (5.6 per 100,000), Hepatitis A virus (0.5 per 100,000), and Shigella spp. (0.2 per 100,000).
This research presents trends regarding for confirmed infectious foodborne cases in Saudi regions from 2017 to 2023. Outbreak-related and sporadic cases have decreased in recent years. Given the high incidence of Entamoeba and Salmonella spp. in foodborne sporadic cases, health agencies are called upon to use diagnostic tools for frequently reported microbes in view of identifying and locating foodborne outbreaks.
本研究旨在准确指出2017年至2023年期间沙特阿拉伯食源性传染病的状况。
基于沙特阿拉伯2017 - 2023年的流行病学数据进行趋势分析。数据包括政府和私人卫生机构关于沙特公民和居民的报告，无论其年龄大小，只要被诊断为食源性传染病。对暴发和散发病例进行了评估。确定了沙特阿拉伯每10万居民的粗发病率和食源性病原体。
2017年至2023年期间，沙特阿拉伯共报告了42079例食源性传染病；粗发病率平均为每10万人18.0±5.7例。2017 - 2023年期间，有12710起食源性疾病暴发，平均发病率为每10万人5.4±2.2例。结果还表明，2017 - 2023年期间报告了29369例散发病例，平均粗发病率为每10万人12.6±3.9例。描述最多的病原体是溶组织内阿米巴属（平均粗发病率为每10万人6.3例），其次是沙门氏菌属（每10万人5.6例）、甲型肝炎病毒（每10万人0.5例）和志贺氏菌属（每10万人0.2例）。
本研究呈现了2017年至2023年沙特各地区确诊食源性传染病病例的趋势。近年来，与暴发相关的病例和散发病例均有所下降。鉴于食源性散发病例中溶组织内阿米巴和沙门氏菌属的高发病率，呼吁卫生机构使用针对常见报告微生物的诊断工具，以识别和定位食源性疾病暴发。
