Legionnaires’ disease remains an uncommon and mainly sporadic respiratory infection with an overall notification rate in 2017 for the EU/EEA of 1.8 per 100 000.

Annual Epidemiological Report for Legionnaires’ disease, 2014

This the first detailed annual Legionnaires’ disease surveillance report published by ECDC.

This report details the fourth annual European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance (ELDSNet) meeting under ECDC coordination.

This surveillance report is based on Legionnaires’ disease surveillance data collected for 2010.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 25 June - 1 July 2017, and includes updates on Salmonella Enteritidis, hepatitis A, measles, West Nile virus, avian influenza, Legionnaires' disease, chikungunya, Ebola virus and MERS.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 8-14 October 2017 and includes updates on Legionnaires' disease, influenza, rubella, measles, West Nile fever, chikungunya, cholera and plague.

​This surveillance report is based on the 2013 disease surveillance data collected by the European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Network.