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SUBMITTER: Barskey AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888234 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barskey Albert E AE Derado Gordana G Edens Chris C
Emerging infectious diseases 20220301 3
Reported Legionnaires' disease (LD) cases began increasing in the United States in 2003 after relatively stable numbers for >10 years; reasons for the rise are unclear. We compared epidemiologic patterns associated with cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before and during the rise. The age-standardized average incidence was 0.48 cases/100,000 population during 1992-2002 compared with 2.71 cases/100,000 in 2018. Reported LD incidence increased in nearly every demogra ...[more]