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Travel-associated Legionnaires' disease in Europe, 2010.
Euro Surveill. 2013 Jun 06; 18(23)ES

Abstract

In 2010, the European surveillance network for travel-associated Legionnaires' disease (ELDSNet, previously EWGLINET) received reports of 864 cases of travel-associated Legionnaires' disease, of whom 24 were reported to have had a fatal outcome. As in previous years, a very low proportion of clinical isolates were obtained (45 cases, 5.6%). In the 2010 dataset, male cases outnumbered female cases by 2.6:1 and had a median age of 61 years (range: 21-96), while the median age for women was 63 years (range: 12-95). The network identified 100 new clusters in 2010, of which 44 involved only one case from each reporting country and would probably not have been detected by national surveillance schemes alone. The largest cluster (having 14 cases) was associated with a cruise ship. Legionella species were detected at 61 of the 100 accommodation site clusters investigated. The names of five accommodation sites were published on the ECDC website.

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de Jong B
Surveillance and Response Support Unit, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden. birgitta.dejong@ecdc.europa.eu
Payne Hallström L
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Robesyn E
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Ursut D
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Zucs P
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ELDSNet (European Legionnaires' Disease Surveillance Network)
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MeSH

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildCluster AnalysisEuropeFemaleHumansLegionnaires' DiseaseMaleMiddle AgedSex FactorsTravelYoung Adult

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

23787128

Citation

de Jong, B, et al. "Travel-associated Legionnaires' Disease in Europe, 2010." Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin, vol. 18, no. 23, 2013.
de Jong B, Payne Hallström L, Robesyn E, et al. Travel-associated Legionnaires' disease in Europe, 2010. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(23).
de Jong, B., Payne Hallström, L., Robesyn, E., Ursut, D., & Zucs, P. (2013). Travel-associated Legionnaires' disease in Europe, 2010. Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin, 18(23).
de Jong B, et al. Travel-associated Legionnaires' Disease in Europe, 2010. Euro Surveill. 2013 Jun 6;18(23) PubMed PMID: 23787128.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Travel-associated Legionnaires' disease in Europe, 2010. AU - de Jong,B, AU - Payne Hallström,L, AU - Robesyn,E, AU - Ursut,D, AU - Zucs,P, AU - ,, Y1 - 2013/06/06/ PY - 2013/6/22/entrez PY - 2013/6/22/pubmed PY - 2014/3/8/medline JF - Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin JO - Euro Surveill VL - 18 IS - 23 N2 - In 2010, the European surveillance network for travel-associated Legionnaires' disease (ELDSNet, previously EWGLINET) received reports of 864 cases of travel-associated Legionnaires' disease, of whom 24 were reported to have had a fatal outcome. As in previous years, a very low proportion of clinical isolates were obtained (45 cases, 5.6%). In the 2010 dataset, male cases outnumbered female cases by 2.6:1 and had a median age of 61 years (range: 21-96), while the median age for women was 63 years (range: 12-95). The network identified 100 new clusters in 2010, of which 44 involved only one case from each reporting country and would probably not have been detected by national surveillance schemes alone. The largest cluster (having 14 cases) was associated with a cruise ship. Legionella species were detected at 61 of the 100 accommodation site clusters investigated. The names of five accommodation sites were published on the ECDC website. SN - 1560-7917 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/23787128/full_citation L2 - http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20498 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -