Weather-Dependent Risk for Legionnaires’ Disease, United States
Weather-Dependent Risk for Legionnaires’ Disease, United States
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United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
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United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
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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 humidity and the odds for LD. When the mean temperatu...
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Weather-Dependent Risk for Legionnaires’ Disease, United States
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_30af54d13274407ca08c845008df204f
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_30af54d13274407ca08c845008df204f
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1080-6040
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1080-6059
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10.3201/eid2311.170137
