Volume 30, Number 1—January 2024
Research
Incidence of Legionnaires’ Disease among Travelers Visiting Hotels in Germany, 2015–2019
Udo Buchholz
, Bonita Brodhun, and Ann-Sophie Lehfeld
, Bonita Brodhun, and Ann-Sophie Lehfeld
Table 1
Main characteristics of case-patients and hotels in study of incidence of Legionnaires’ disease among travelers visiting hotels in Germany, 2015–2019*
| Characteristics | All TALD cases | Domestic TALD cases | Nondomestic TALD cases | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. case-patients |
307 |
163 |
144 |
|
| Age, y† | ||||
| <60 | 103 (34) | 59 (36) | 44 (31) | |
| >60 |
203 (66) |
104 (64) |
99 (69) |
0.32 |
| Sex† | ||||
| M | 238 (78) | 130 (80) | 108 (76) | |
| F |
68 (22) |
33 (20) |
35 (24) |
0.38 |
| No. visited hotels | ||||
| 1 | 274 (89) | 147 (90) | 127 (88) | |
| >1 | 33 (11) | 16 (10) | 17 (12) | 0.57 |
| Median (mean; range) |
1 (1.16; 1–6) |
1 (1.15; 1–4) |
1 (1.18; 1–6) |
0.58 |
| Hotel size‡ | ||||
| <50 beds | 109 (30) | 66 (35) | 43 (25) | |
| 51−199 beds | 135 (38) | 70 (37) | 65 (38) | |
| >200 beds | 113 (32) | 51 (27) | 62 (37) | 0.07 |
| Median (range) no. beds | 90 (4–1,920) | 76 (4–1,402) | 125 (9–1,920) | 0.008 |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. Data were stratified according to domestic and nondomestic cases of TALD; nondomestic cases were from any of 28 countries reporting to the European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Network (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/about-us/partnerships-and-networks/disease-and-laboratory-networks/eldsnet) other than Germany. TALD, travel-associated Legionnaires' disease. †No information was available for 1 case. ‡Hotel size was categorized according to the number of beds. Multiple visited hotels per case were possible.
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