2005 - Christchurch (New Zealand)

Place: Community

Season: Spring/Summer

Source: Cooling Tower

Considers biofilms: Yes

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Lack of a centralized register of cooling towers

Actions in response to the outbreak: Unknown


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Lp1

Sequence Type

ST1, 2-10-18-10-2-1

ST1

Match

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Unknown

Unknown

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
Epidemiological investigation of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Christchurch, New Zealand: the value of spatial methods for practical public health White P.S., Graham F.F., Harte D.J.G., Baker M.G., Ambrose C.D., Humphrey A.R.G. Epidemiology and Infection 2013
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