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We sought to summarize the available evidence on the epidemiology of LD in Italy (2004\u20132019), characterizing the risk of LD by region, sex, age group, and settings of the case (i.e., community, healthcare, or travel-associated cases). Environmental factors (e.g., average air temperatures and relative humidity) were also included in a Poisson regression model in order to assess their potential role on the annual incidence of new LD cases. National surveillance data included a total of 23,554 LD cases occurring between 2004 and 2019 (70.4% of them were of male gender, 94.1% were aged 40 years and older), with age-adjusted incidence rates increasing from 1.053 cases per 100,000 in 2004 to 4.559 per 100,000 in 2019. The majority of incident cases came from northern Italy (43.2% from northwestern Italy, 25.6% from northeastern Italy). Of these, 5.9% were healthcare-related, and 21.1% were travel-associated. A case-fatality ratio of 5.2% was calculated for the whole of the assessed timeframe, with a pooled estimate for mortality of 0.122 events per 100,000 population per year. Poisson regression analysis was associated with conflicting results, as any increase in average air temperature resulted in reduced risk for LD cases (Incidence Rate Ratio [IRR] 0.807, 95% Confidence Interval [95% CI] 0.744\u20130.874), while higher annual income in older individuals was associated with an increased IRR (1.238, 95% CI 1.134\u20131.351). The relative differences in incidence between Italian regions could not be explained by demographic factors (i.e., age and sex distribution of the population), and also a critical reappraisal of environmental factors failed to substantiate both the varying incidence across the country and the decennial trend we were able to identify.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms9112180","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,20]],"date-time":"2021-10-20T21:29:46Z","timestamp":1634765386000},"page":"2180","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Epidemiology of Legionnaires\u2019 Disease in Italy, 2004\u20132019: A Summary of Available Evidence"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6525-2159","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matteo","family":"Ricc\u00f2","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Servizio di Prevenzione e Sicurezza Negli Ambienti di Lavoro (SPSAL), AUSL\u2014IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola n.2, I-42022 Reggio Emilia, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simona","family":"Peruzzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio Analisi Chimico Cliniche e Microbiologiche, Ospedale Civile di Guastalla, AUSL\u2014IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, I-42016 Guastalla, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9607-8624","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Silvia","family":"Ranzieri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine and Surgery, School of Occupational Medicine, University of Parma, Via Gramsci n.14, I-43123 Parma, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0572-6439","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pasquale Gianluca","family":"Giuri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento Internistico Interaziendale, Struttura Operativa Semplice Dipartimentale \u201cMedicina Infettivologica\u201d, AUSL\u2014IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Ospedale \u201cSant\u2019Anna\u201d, I-42035 Castelnovo ne\u2019 Monti, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Graham, F.F., Hales, S., White, P.S., and Baker, M.G. 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