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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Beauté, Julien ; Zucs, Phillip ; de Jong, Birgitta ;
Beauté, Julien ; Zucs, Phillip ; de Jong, Birgitta ; Less -
Description:
Legionnaires' disease is underreported in Europe; notification rates differ substantially among countries. Approximately 20% of reported cases are travel-associated. To assess the risk for travel-associated Legionnaires' disease (TALD) associated with travel patterns in European countries, we retrieved TALD surveillance data for 2009 from the European Surveillance System, and tourism denominator data from the Statistical Office of the European Union. Risk (number cases reported/number nights spent) was calculated by travel country. In 2009, the network reported 607 cases among European travelers, possibly associated with 825 accommodation sites in European Union countries. The overall risk associated with travel abroad was 0.3 cases/million nights. We observed an increasing trend in risk from northwestern to southeastern Europe; Greece had the highest risk (1.7). Our findings underscore the need for countries with high TALD risks to improve prevention and control of legionellosis; and for countries with high TALD risks, but low notification rates of Legionnaires' disease to improve diagnostics and reporting.
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Airborne
Bacteria
Child
Europe
Female
Humans
Legionella
Legionellosis
Legionnaires' Disease
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia
Population Surveillance
Research
Respiratory
Risk
Surveillance
Travel
Travel Medicine
Waterborne
Young Adult
Legionnaires' Disease
Risk
Travel

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 18(11):1811-1816.
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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