Aims and objectives

Food and waterborne infections are where human health, animal health, and the environment intersect. In 2023, to make the world safer, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) joined forces to prioritise One Health plans. To align with these efforts, the ESCMID Food- and Water-borne Infections Study Group (EFWISG) is committed to: 

  • Bringing together experts from around the globe in medicine, research, and public health to exchange and share knowledge on preventing food and waterborne infections
  • Facilitating networking and mentorship among professionals to spur collaborative projects, joint research, and knowledge exchange
  • Promoting the education of emerging scientists in the latest One Health advancements, enriching their understanding of critical issues such as food safety
  • Fostering a growing global community dedicated to exchanging ideas, collaborating on projects, and advancing innovative diagnostic methods such antimicrobial susceptibility testing, genomics, molecular diagnosis, metagenomics, artificial intelligence, Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization - Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and beyond

Activities and resources

Newsletter no.14, June 2024

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Newsletter no.13, December 2023

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Newsletter no.12, May 2023

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Unravelling Enterococcus susceptibility to quaternary ammonium compounds: genes, phenotypes, and the impact of environmental conditions

Pereira AP, Antunes P, Bierge P, Willems RJL, Corander J, Coque TM, Pich OQ, Peixe L, Freitas AR, Novais C. Microbiology Spectrum. 2023;22;11(5):e0232423.

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Genomic surveillance of resistance and food-borne diseases

15 October 2024

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Population-scale plasmid genomics in One Health

12 July 2024

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Dispersal limitations and the geographical reach of antimicrobial resistance based on sewage metagenomics

29 May 2024

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The ICU environment contributes to the endemicity of the "Serratia marcescens complex" in the hospital setting

28 May 2024

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Bioinformatics for fighting infectious diseases

23 February 2024

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EFWISG: Food Safety and One Health: transmission of AMR and potentially uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) from animal sources

16 January 2024

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Planning your research and manuscript writing more efficiently 

23 January 2023

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Genomic surveillance of listeriosis in Germany – Clusters, outbreaks, and vehicles

22 February 2023

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Wastewater analysis as a source of health information

30 March 2023

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Foodborne viruses and food safety 

21 June 2023

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The use of genomic approaches for population studies and outbreak surveillance of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli

15 September 2023

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Hepatitis E diagnosing and surveillance – Experience of the "One Health" approach twelve years after the confirmation of human HEV-3 in Croatia

29 November 2023

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An introduction to healthcare associated waterborne infections: Ecology, prevention, mitigation and control

Post-graduate course

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Executive Committee

  Ana Raquel Freitas

Ana Raquel Freitas

Chair
University Institute of Health Sciences
Porto, Portugal
  Merica Carev

Merica Carev

Secretary
Public Health Institute of Split and Dalmatia County
Split, Croatia
  Azucena Mora Gutiérrez

Azucena Mora Gutiérrez

Education Officer
University of Santiago de Compostela
Lugo, Spain
  Stefan Zimmermann

Stefan Zimmermann

Science Officer
University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Infectious Diseases
Heidelberg, Germany
  Bruno Lopes

Bruno Lopes

Treasurer
Teesside University
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

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