Increase of cases of legionellosis in Latvia, 2011

B Rozentale; A Bormane; J Perevoščikovs; I Lucenko; A Brila

doi:10.2807/ese.16.45.20009-en

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Increase of cases of legionellosis in Latvia, 2011

B Rozentale¹, A Bormane¹, J Perevoščikovs¹, I Lucenko¹, A Brila¹
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Affiliations: ¹ State Agency “Infectology Center of Latvia”, Latvia

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J Perevoščikovs
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Citation style for this article: Rozentale B, Bormane A, Perevoščikovs J, Lucenko I, Brila A. Increase of cases of legionellosis in Latvia, 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(45):pii=20009. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.45.20009-en Received: 21 Oct 2011; Accepted:

Abstract

An increased number of legionellosis cases in 2011 has been reported in Latvia, compared to the ten previous years. A total of 30 legionellosis cases (1.35 per 100,000 inhabitants), including 19 females, have been confirmed until the end of September 2011. The majority of cases (n=23) were inhabitants of the capital city Riga. The reason for the increase in legionellosis is unclear. Twenty-six of the 30 cases are not travel-related.