Weather-Dependent Risk for Legionnaires’ Disease, United States
Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and US weather data, we estimated the probability of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) being diagnosed as Legionnaires’ disease (LD). LD risk increases when weather is warm and humid. With warm weather, we found a dose-response relationship between relative hum...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/11/17-0137_article |