2012 - Quebec (Canada)

Place: Community

Season: Spring/Summer

Source: Cooling Tower

Considers biofilms: Yes

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Lack of adequate maintenance

Actions in response to the outbreak: Delayed response; Lack of information on how to deal with an outbreak


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Unknown

Sequence Type

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Unknown

Unknown

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
Epidemiology and clinical management of Legionnaires' disease Phin N., Parry-Ford F., Harrison T., Stagg H.R., Zhang N., Kumar K., Lortholary O., Zumla A., Abubakar I. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2014
Management of the 2012 Legionella crisis in Quebec City: Need for a better communication between resources and knowledge transfer Trudel L., Veillette M., Bonifait L., Duchaine C. Frontiers in Microbiology 2014