ECDC publishes Legionnaires’ disease and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection annual epidemiological reports for 2019

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published the following 2019 annual epidemiological reports: 

• Legionnaires’ disease - Legionnaires’ disease remains an uncommon and mainly sporadic respiratory infection, with an overall notification rate in 2019 for the EU and EEA of 2.2 cases per 100,000 of the population. 
• Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection - 29 EU and EEA countries reported 8,313 confirmed cases of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection, with the overall notification rate being 2.2 cases per 100,000 of the population.

Sources: ECDC, 24 May 2021 and ECDC, 24 May 2021