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NATIONAL LEGIONELLA OBSERVATORY — ITALY
The National Legionella Observatory Italy is an editorial and technical project that aggregates surveillance data from the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and a network of ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratories. The dataset is released under CC BY 4.0 and is designed for academic citation and journalistic reuse.
Headline figures from the open dataset
National aggregates computed from the regional dataset. Full methodology and per-region breakdown are available on the dataset page.
- Notified cases
- 5,298
- ISS surveillance, year 2023
- National incidence
- 9.0 /100k
- Above the EU/EEA ECDC average (~1.8 /100k)
- Regions covered
- 20
- All Italian regions represented in the dataset
Open dataset (CC BY 4.0)
Regional dataset with downloadable CSV, JSON and XML, plus the public REST API and a ready-to-use APA 7 citation.
Browse the dataset →Annual Report 2025
Latest edition of the flagship State of Legionella Italy report — 5 key findings, 3 case studies, 5 operational recommendations.
Read the report →Public REST API
Documented endpoints, parameters, curl examples and rate limit policy for academic and journalistic use.
API documentation →Press & collaboration
Press enquiries, interview requests, dataset access and ambassador programme applications for universities and professional bodies.
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