2013 - Warstein (Germany)

Place: Community

Season: Spring/Summer

Source: Unknown

Considers biofilms: No

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Unknown

Actions in response to the outbreak: Facilities were closed; Events were cancelled; Lack of information on how to deal with na outbreak


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Lp1

Sequence Type

ST345

ST345, ST 325

Match

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Knoxville

Knoxville

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
Epidemiological investigation and case–control study: A legionnaires’ disease outbreak associated with cooling towers in Warstein, Germany, august–september 2013 Maisa A., Brockmann A., Renken F., Lück C., Pleischl S., Exner M., Daniels-Haardt I., Jurke A. Eurosurveillance 2015
Epidemiological information is key when interpreting whole genome sequence data – lessons learned from a large Legionella pneumophila outbreak in Warstein, Germany, 2013 Petzold M., Prior K., Moran-Gilad J., Harmsen D., Lück C. Eurosurveillance 2017