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Trends in Legionnaires’ Disease-Associated Hospitalizations, United States, 2006–2010
Author(s) -
Gayathri Mudali,
Paul E. Kilgore,
Abdulbaset Salim,
Shawn P. McElmurry,
Marcus Zervos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa296
Subject(s) - medicine , legionnaires' disease , legionella , incidence (geometry) , population , legionella pneumophila , confidence interval , pneumonia , disease , pediatrics , demography , emergency medicine , environmental health , genetics , physics , sociology , bacteria , optics , biology
Legionnaires' disease-associated hospitalizations significantly increased over the 5-year study period. The increasing disease burden of Legionnaires' disease suggests that large segments of the US population are at risk for exposure to this waterborne pathogen.

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