Volume 18, Number 11—November 2012
Research
Risk for Travel-associated Legionnaires’ Disease, Europe, 2009
Julien Beauté
, Phillip Zucs, Birgitta de Jong, and for the European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Network
, Phillip Zucs, Birgitta de Jong, and for the European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance NetworkTable 3
Expected risk for Legionnaires’ disease in European travelers to nondomestic destinations in Europe, based on reference data reported by the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, and Denmark, Europe, 2009*†
| Destination | Risk for travelers to destination (cases/million nights) | Incidence ratio (95% CI) | Total no. cases |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported | Estimated | |||
| Greece | 1.68 | 7.2 (4.2–12.2) | 34 | 98 |
| Italy | 1.40 | 6.0 (3.9–9.2) | 209 | 463 |
| Germany | 1.19 | 5.1 (2.9–8.7) | 22 | 353 |
| Portugal | 1.06 | 4.6 (2.1–9.0) | 20 | 44 |
| Austria | 1.01 | 4.4 (2.2–8.2) | 20 | 95 |
| Spain | 0.57 | 2.5 (1.6–3.8) | 98 | 188 |
| France | 0.53 | 2.3 (1.6–3.3) | 137 | 145 |
| Netherlands | 0.33 | 1.4 (0.8–2.4) | 21 | 26 |
| United Kingdom | 0.23 | 1.0 (Ref.) | 45 | 53 |
| Other countries | 0.90 | 3.9 (2.3–6.4) | 42 | 282 |
| Total | 0.55 | NA | 607 | 1,127 |
*A case-patient could have a travel history involving >1 country. Ref., referent; NA, not applicable.
†In the United Kingdom, reporting of Legionnaires’ disease became mandatory in 2010.
