Eurosurveillance - Volume 4, Issue 11, 01 November 1999

Surveillance must lead to action: such is its philosophy and its public health justification. This statement is perfectly illustrated by the surveillance of legionellosis. The disease is transmitted by contaminated aerosols from a waterborne germ reservoi

The Westfriese Flora is a one week flower show held every year in Bovenkarspel, in the north west of the Netherlands, with agricultural and consumer demonstrations on the same grounds. This year’s show, held from 19 to 28 February, attracted 80 000 visito

From 29 June to July 1998, four cases of legionnaires’ disease in British citizens were reported to the Réseau National de Santé Publique (RNSP) by the statutory notification system (déclaration obligatoire (DO)) and by theEuropean Surveillance Scheme for

The incidence of legionella infection in Europe overall in 1997 was 3.9 cases per million population, with the lowest rates reported by Malta and Norway and the highest by Denmark. Ninety cases were reported in Italy (1.5 cases/million), 20% of which were

The European Surveillance Scheme for Travel Associated Legionnaires’ Disease was set up by the European Working Group on Legionella Infections (EWGLI) in 1987 to identify cases of legionella infection in returning travellers and to detect outbreaks and cl