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Abstract

Between 1 October 2016 and 31 August 2017, 51 Legionnaires’ disease (LD) cases from the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands were identified with associated travel to Dubai. Cases did not all stay in the same accommodation, indicating that no single accommodation could be the source for all these infections. While local investigations continue into other potential sources, clinicians should remain alert to the possibility of LD among travellers returning from Dubai with respiratory illness.

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Increase in Legionnaires’ disease cases associated with travel to Dubai among travellers from the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands, October 2016 to end August 2017
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Gavin+Dabrera&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dabrera Gavin</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Petra+Brandsema&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Brandsema Petra</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Margareta+Lofdahl&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lofdahl Margareta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Falguni+Naik&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Naik Falguni</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ross+Cameron&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cameron Ross</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jim+McMenamin&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">McMenamin Jim</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Richard+Pebody&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pebody Richard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nick+Phin&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Phin Nick</a></span>. Increase in Legionnaires’ disease cases associated with travel to Dubai among travellers from the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands, October 2016 to end August 2017. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(38):pii=30618. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.38.30618" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.38.30618</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 04 Sept 2017;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 21 Sept 2017 </span> </p>
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