2014 - Vila Franca de Xira (Portugal)

Place: Community

Season: Autumn/Winter

Source: Cooling Tower

Considers biofilms: No

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Unknown

Actions in response to the outbreak: Unknown


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Lp1

Sequence Type

ST1905

ST1905

Match

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Unknown

Unknown

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014 Shivaji T., Sousa Pinto C., San-Bento A., Oliveira Serra L.A., Valente J., Machado J., Marques T., Carvalho L., Nogueira P.J., Nunes B., Vasconcelos P. Eurosurveillance 2014
The typical presentation of an atypical pathogen during an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, 2014 Dias A., Cysneiros A., Lopes F.T., Von Amann B., Costa C., Dionísio P., Carvalho J., Durão V., Carvalho G., Paula F., Serrado M., Nunes B., Marques T., Froes F., Bárbara C. Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia (English Edition) 2017
The unprecedented 2014 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Portugal: atmospheric driving mechanisms Russo A., Gouveia C.M., Soares P.M.M., Cardoso R.M., Mendes M.T., Trigo R.M. International Journal of Biometeorology 2018