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2000and2010, thereappears tohavebeen littlenoticeablereduction incases,
with the number sticking generally between 300 and 400. There will be a
percentageof thesecaseassociatedwithoverseas travel,butdespite that, there
appears to be little sign of a reduction in the overall numbers. In 2011 the
number is likely tobe267cases. Numbers for2012haveyet tobeconfirmed
inEnglandandWalesalthough therewere104cases inScotlandaloneduring
that year.
Cases inotherEuropeanCountries
Each year in Europe, the EuropeanCentre for Disease Prevention and
Control, publishes a Surveillance Report –Legionnaires’ disease inEurope.
[5]At the timeofwriting, themost current report is for2011and the reports
aregenerallypublished2years inarrears.
ThesurveillancereportisbasedonLegionnaires’disease(LD)surveillance
data collected by the EuropeanLegionnaires’ Disease SurveillanceNetwork
(ELDSNet) and coordinatedby theEuropeanCentre forDiseasePrevention
and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm. Data was collected by nominated
ELDSNet experts for eachEuropean country and electronically reported to
TheEuropeanSurveillanceSystem (TESSy)database.
Each year there is a lot of useful data in the report, but the details, as is
often the casewith these reports, often leaves anumber of questions, aswell
ashelpingwith thedeliveryof answers.
In the2011 report, datawaspresented from28Europeancountries.The
tablebelowhas data extracted fromoneof the tables in the report andgives
the number of cases of Legionnaires’ Disease permillionpopulation in the
country.
