Two Community Clusters of Legionnaires' Disease Directly Linked to a Biologic Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Netherlands.

Authors :: Loenenbach AD
Beulens C
Euser SM
van Leuken JPG
Bom B
van der Hoek W
Husman AMR
Ruijs WLM
Bartels AA
Rietveld A
den Boer JW
Brandsema PS
Source :: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2018 Oct; Vol. 24 (10), pp. 1914-1918.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: A biologic wastewater treatment plant was identified as a common source for 2 consecutive Legionnaires' disease clusters in the Netherlands in 2016 and 2017. Sequence typing and transmission modeling indicated direct and long-distance transmission of Legionella, indicating this source type should also be investigated in sporadic Legionnaires' disease cases.

Subjects :: Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Comorbidity
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Geography, Medical
Hospitalization
Humans
Legionnaires' Disease transmission
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands epidemiology
Public Health Surveillance
Seasons
Legionnaires' Disease epidemiology
Waste Management
Wastewater microbiology
Water Microbiology

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