1985 - Stafford (UK)

Place: Hospital

Season: Spring/Summer

Source: Air Conditioning System

Considers biofilms: No

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Lack of adequate maintenance; Aerosol formation

Actions in response to the outbreak: Chlorination


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1 Pontiac 1a

Lp1

Sequence Type

Unknown

Unknown

Possible match

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Unknown

Unknown

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
The Stafford outbreak of Legionnaires' disease O'mahony M.C., Stanwell-Smith R.E., Tillett H.E., Harper D., Hutchison J.G.P., Farrell I.D., Hutchinson D.N., Lee J.V., Dennis P.J., Duggal H.V., Scully J.A., Denne C. Epidemiology and Infection 1990
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