Legionnaires’ disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016

Surveillance report

8 Aug 2018

Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report on Communicable Diseases in Europe

Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2016 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 1 August 2017 and reported by 28 EU Member States plus Iceland and Norway, which are part of the European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet)

Legionnaires’ disease remains an uncommon and mainly sporadic respiratory infection with notification rates in EU/EEA countries below 4.6 per 100 000 (1.4 per 100 000 EU/EEA inhabitants overall).

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TEM of Legionella pneumophila bacteria. © Science Photo Library

Legionnaires’ disease

Legionnaires’ disease is a multisystem disease which causes pneumonia due to gram-negative bacteria (Legionella spp.) found in freshwater environments around the world.

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Annual Epidemiological Reports (AERs)

The Annual Epidemiological Reports (AERs) are key ECDC publication on the epidemiology of communicable diseases of public health significance in Europe.