An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a display spa pool in retail premises, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, July 2012.

Authors :: Coetzee N
Duggal H
Hawker J
Ibbotson S
Harrison TG
Phin N
Laza-Stanca V
Johnston R
Iqbal Z
Rehman Y
Knapper E
Robinson S
Aigbogun N
Source :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2012 Sep 13; Vol. 17 (37). Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Sep 13.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Twenty-one confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease (Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1) were identified in the Stoke-on-Trent area of England with onsets since 2 July 2012. Sequence-based typing results are available for nine cases; all are a unique type (ST1268). Initial interviews highlighted a number of possible environmental sources. Inspection of premises of interest revealed an operating spa pool on display, from which the outbreak strain was identified. All cases had visited the retail premise with this spa pool.

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1560-7917
Volume :: 17
Issue :: 37
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 22995431

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