Consumer knowledge in Germany of Toxoplasma was better than that of Campylobacter, according to a recent report on a study.
Researchers surveyed 1,008 consumers in August 2017 in Germany via an online panel on Campylobacter, Salmonella and Toxoplasma and transmissibility via meat. The questionnaire had 43 questions in five sections.
Consumers were most informed about Salmonella and general knowledge of Toxoplasma is better than Campylobacter. Campylobacter, despite its high incidence in Germany, was largely unknown to consumers.
With almost 70,000 confirmed cases in 2017, Campylobacter is the main bacterial infection causing diarrhoeal disease reportable in Germany. Second was salmonellosis with 14,269 confirmed infections. Only seven cases of congenital human toxoplasmosis were confirmed in 2017.
A previous survey by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) found only 28 percent of people had heard of Campylobacter.
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