A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014

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Authors

Sousa Pinto, C.

Oliveira Serra, L.A.

Nunes, Baltazar

Abstract(s)

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease with 334 confirmed cases was identified on 7 November 2014 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal and declared controlled by 21 November. Epidemiological, environmental and microbiological analysis identified industrial wet cooling systems to be the probable source of infection. Preliminary results from sequence-based typing of clinical specimens and environmental isolates confirmed this link. A series of meteorological phenomena are likely to have contributed to the scale of this outbreak.

Keywords

Estados de Saúde e de Doença Legionella Outbreak Doença dos Legionários

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2977

Citation

Euro Surveill. 2014 Dec 18;19(50). pii: 20991. doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.50.20991

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

DOI

10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.50.20991

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