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2017-07-06Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.27.30566
Legionnaires’ disease in Europe, 2011 to 2015
dc.contributor.authorBeauté, Julien
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T20:12:45Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T20:12:45Z
dc.date.created2017-07-12
dc.date.issued2017-07-06none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/rePo4reJoO2GI/PDF/21coJXzDb94BM.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/2702
dc.description.abstractUnder the coordination of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Legionnaires’ disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet) conducts surveillance of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) in Europe. Between 2011 and 2015, 29 countries reported 30,532 LD cases to ECDC (28,188 (92.3%) confirmed and 2,344 (7.7%) probable). Four countries (France, Germany, Italy and Spain) accounted for 70.3% of all reported cases, although their combined populations represented only 49.9% of the study population. The age-standardised rate of all cases increased from 0.97 cases/100,000 population in 2011 to 1.30 cases/100,000 population in 2015, corresponding to an annual average increase of 0.09 cases/100,000 population (95%CI 0.02–0.14; p = 0.02). Demographics and infection setting remained unchanged with ca 70% of cases being community-acquired and 80% occurring in people aged 50 years and older. Clinical outcome was known for 23,164 cases, of whom 2,161 (9.3%) died. The overall case fatality ratio decreased steadily from 10.5% in 2011 to 8.1% in 2015, probably reflecting improved reporting completeness. Five countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, and Norway) had increasing age-standardised LD notification rates over the 2011−15 period, but there was no increase in notification rates in countries where the 2011 rate was below 0.5/100,000 population.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleLegionnaires’ disease in Europe, 2011 to 2015
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10053356
dc.identifier.doi10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.27.30566
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/2627
local.edoc.container-titleEuroSurveillance
local.edoc.fp-subtypeArtikel
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttp://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=22829
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameECDC
local.edoc.container-volume22
local.edoc.container-issue27
local.edoc.container-year2017

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