2006 - Pas-de-Calais (France)

Place: Community

Season: Autumn/Winter

Source: Cooling Tower

Considers biofilms: Yes

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Design defect; Biofilm was present in the facilities

Actions in response to the outbreak: Unknown


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Lp1-15

Sequence Type

Lp1 Lens

Lp1 Lens

Match

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Unknown

Unknown

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
A community-wide outbreak of legionnaires disease linked to industrial cooling towers - How far can contaminated aerosols spread? Nguyen T.M.N., Ilef D., Jarraud S., Rouil L., Campese C., Che D., Haeghebaert S., Ganiayre F., Marcel F., Etienne J., Desenclos J.-C. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2006
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