Legionnaires’ disease

Leaflet for hotel managers

Leaflet for managers of tourist accommodation on how to reduce the risk of Legionnaires' disease

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Surveillance reports on Legionnaires’ disease

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Accommodation site list

Current accommodation sites in EU/EEA countries with which clusters of Legionnaires’ disease have been identified.

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Legionnaires’ disease is a multisystem disease which causes pneumonia due to gram-negative bacteria (Legionella spp.) found in freshwater environments around the world. Humans are infected by inhalation of aerosols containing Legionella.

Disease data from ECDC Surveillance Atlas - Legionnaires disease

The Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases is a tool that interacts with the latest available data about a number of infectious diseases. The interface allows users to interact and manipulate the data to produce a variety of tables and maps.

Legionnaires’ disease GIS tool

This Geographical Information System (GIS) tool complements the toolkit for Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigation.

Legionnaires' disease outbreak investigation toolbox

The main objective of this site is to provide a series of practical tools that Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and ECDC can use to facilitate a co-ordinated investigation and response to clusters and outbreaks of Legionnaires' Disease with an EU dimension.

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Disease programmes and networks

European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet)

European Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses Network (FWD-Net)

FWD Expert Exchange Programme

Peer-reviewed publications

Peer-Reviewed Publication

A cluster of Legionnaires' disease in Belgium linked to a cooling tower, August-September 2016: Practical approach and challenges

Dec 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Factors associated with Legionnaires' disease recurrence in hotel and holiday rental accommodation sites

Jan 2019

Peer-Reviewed Publication