The burden of Legionnaires' disease in New Zealand

Source

(LegiNZ): Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19(7), 770-777.

Authors

Priest, P. C., Slow, S., Chambers, S. T., Cameron, C. M., Balm, M. N., Beale, M. W., Blackmore, T. K., Burns, A. D., Drinkovic, D., Elvy, J. A., Everts, R. J., Hammer, D. A., Huggan, P. J., Mansell, C. J., Raeder, V. M., Roberts, S. A., Robinson, M. C., Sathyendran, V., Taylor, S. L., Thompson, A. W., Ussher, J. E., van Der Linden, A. J., Williams, M. J., Podmore, R. G., Anderson, T. P., Barratt, K., Mitchell, J. L., Harte, D. J., Hope, V. T. & Murdoch, D. R.

Department

Health Science

Year

2019

Abstract

Between May 21, 2015, and May 20, 2016, 5622 eligible specimens from 4862 patients were tested by PCR. From these, 197 cases of Legionnaires' disease were detected. An additional 41 cases were identified from notification data, giving 238 cases requiring hospitalisation. The overall incidence of Legionnaires' disease cases in hospital in the study area was 5·4 per 100 000 people per year, and Legionella longbeachae was the predominant cause, found in 150 (63%) of 238 cases.

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