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Volume 30, Number 1—January 2024
Research

Incidence of Legionnaires’ Disease among Travelers Visiting Hotels in Germany, 2015–2019

Udo BuchholzComments to Author , Bonita Brodhun, and Ann-Sophie Lehfeld
Author affiliation: Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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Incidence rate ratios for Legionnaires’ disease cases among travelers visiting hotels in Germany, 2015–2019. IRRs were calculated for hotels that had a second or third TALD case or experienced a cluster of cases. Cluster hotels had 2 cases within 2 years; reoffending hotels were cluster hotels that had 2 cases and another case >8 weeks after the cluster notification. First-case incidence was the referent. Error bars indicate 95% CIs. IRR, incidence rate ratio; TALD, travel-associated Legionnaires’ disease.

Figure 2. Incidence rate ratios for Legionnaires’ disease cases among travelers visiting hotels in Germany, 2015–2019. IRRs were calculated for hotels that had a second or third TALD case or experienced a cluster of cases. Cluster hotels had 2 cases within 2 years; reoffending hotels were cluster hotels that had 2 cases and another case >8 weeks after the cluster notification. First-case incidence was the referent. Error bars indicate 95% CIs. IRR, incidence rate ratio; TALD, travel-associated Legionnaires’ disease.

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