Guidance
Legionnaires' disease: clinical case definitions
Information on case definitions and category of exposure for confirmed and probable cases, clusters and outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease.
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This document provides information for health professionals who are dealing with a confirmed or probable case of Legionnaires’ disease.
Information is provided on:
- clinical and microbiological case definitions
- category of exposure
- epidemiological definitions of clusters and outbreaks
- travel-associated cases
If a cluster of travel-associated Legionnaires’ disease is identified, the risk assessment and findings should be documented using the travel-associated cluster reporting forms.
Published 20 April 2016
Last updated 6 February 2020 + show all updates
Last updated 6 February 2020 + show all updates
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Updated with new guidance and link to reporting forms.
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First published.