From data on obligatory notification of communicable diseases in the Republic of Slovenia it may be seen that contagious intestinal diseases rank among the most frequently reported contagious diseases with the annual incidence of morbidity per 100,000 inhabitants between 600 and 800. They occur, in particular, as acute food poisonings from hygienically or microbiologically inadequate foodstuffs, often as epidemic outbreaks.
Iz podatkov o obvezni prijavi nalezljivih obolenj v Republiki Sloveniji je razvidno, da so nalezljiva črevesna obolenja v vrhu vseh prijavljenih nalezljivih obolenj z letno incidenčno stopnjo obolevnosti na 100.000 prebivalcev od 600 - 800. Pojavljajo se predvsem kot akutna zastrupitev s hrano zaradi higiensko oziroma mikrobiološko neustreznih živil, pogosto tudi v obliki izbruhov in epidemij.