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legislationandguidance
• Does Denmark check all hospital cases of pneumonia to see if they
are caused by the
Legionella
organism and as a result, report a higher
numberof casesoverall
What the numbers definitely do show is that
Legionella
continues to
affect people acrossEurope, and , as apreventabledisease,we should ensure
weare inaposition toapplypressure to drive thesenumbersdownward, and
to reduce the riskposedby the
Legionella
organism.
