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Legionnaires' Disease in Germany: trends and seasonal variations by exposure category; 2001 – 2016
Jahn, H.; Brodhun, B.; Haas, W.; Buchholz, U. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2017 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Introduction: The differentiation of Legionella infections over time by exposure categories (community-acquired [CALD], travel-associated LD [TALD] and nosocomial LD [NLD]) provides information about seasonal effects of Legionnaire's Disease (LD) and enables tailoring targeted prevention strategies. Methods: We analyzed data of reported LD infections in Germany between 2001 and 2016 (n = 9, 969). Further, we analyzed data from 4, 297 reported LD cases from 2007 – 2016 with known exposure category. We calculated (1) the pooled incidence over time by month, stratified for the three exposure categories and (2) the…
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Germany
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Deutschland
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