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Abstract

Background

The detection of a cluster of travel-associated Legionnaires’ disease (TALD) cases in any European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) country prompts action at the accommodation, follow-up by health authorities and reporting of measures taken. Some accommodations incur further cases despite presumed implementation of adequate control measures.

Aim

To identify factors associated with the occurrence of a further TALD case after the implementation of control measures.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of hotel and holiday rental accommodations in the EU/EEA associated with two or more TALD cases with onset dates less than 2 years apart (a ‘cluster’) and notification between 1 June 2011−31 December 2016. We fitted Cox regression models to estimate the association between accommodation characteristics and the occurrence of a further case, defined as any case with onset date after the report on measures taken.

Results

Of the 357 accommodations in the analysis, 90 (25%) were associated with at least one further case after the report on measures taken (12.4/100 accommodation-years). Accommodations associated with two or more cases before the cluster notification were more likely to be associated with a further case, compared with those not previously associated with any case (adjusted hazard ratio 1.85; 95% confidence interval: 1.14–3.02). Neither the detection of in the water system nor the type of disinfection were found to be associated with the risk of a further case.

Conclusion

Accommodation size and previous TALD cases were predictive of further Legionnaires’ disease cases after implementation of control measures.

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Factors associated with Legionnaires’ disease recurrence in hotel and holiday rental accommodation sites
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Julien+Beaut%C3%A9&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Beauté Julien</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sven+Sandin&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sandin Sven</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Birgitta+de+Jong&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">de Jong Birgitta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lara+Payne+Hallstr%C3%B6m&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hallström Lara Payne</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Emmanuel+Robesyn&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Robesyn Emmanuel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Johan+Giesecke&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Giesecke Johan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=P%C3%A4r+Spar%C3%A9n&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sparén Pär</a>, <a href="/search?value1=on+behalf+of+the+European+Legionnaires%E2%80%99+Disease+Surveillance+Network&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">on behalf of the European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Network</a></span>. Factors associated with Legionnaires’ disease recurrence in hotel and holiday rental accommodation sites. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(20):pii=1800295. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.20.1800295" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.20.1800295</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 07 Jun 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 16 Jan 2019 </span> </p>
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