Legionnaires' disease in the EU/EEA*: increasing trend from 2017 to 2019.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundThe burden of Legionnaires' disease (LD) in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) has increased during the last decade, with notification rates increasing from 1.2 to 1.4/100,000 population in 2012-16, to 1.8-2.2 within 2017-19.AimTo measure weekly excess cases during 2017-19 based on previous trends and determine whether a significant change in trend occurred, and to examine any differences in age, sex or level of imported infections.MethodsWe collated 2012-19 annual surveillance data from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) reported by EU/EEA countries. A retrospective prediction by a dynamic regression model was created from 2012-16 data to assess excess cases in 2017-19. Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis was performed to determine if a significant chang

SUBMITTER: Samuelsson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021471 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature