This surveillance report is based on Legionnaires’ disease surveillance data collected for 2010. The surveillance is carried out by the European Disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet) and coordinated by ECDC. The data are from all cases reported from EU Member States, Iceland and Norway; and from all travel-associated cases of Legionnaires disease (TALD).

In 2010, a total of 6 296 cases were notified by EU Member States, Iceland and Norway, yielding an overall notification number of 12.4 per million in inhabitants.