2001 - Murcia (Spain)

Place: Community

Season: Spring/Summer

Source: Cooling Tower

Considers biofilms: No

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

Actions in response to the outbreak: Facilities were closed; Facilities were cleaned


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Lp1

Sequence Type

Unknown

Unknown

Match (relative)

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Murcia, Spain García-Fulgueiras A., Navarro C., Fenoll D., Garcia J., González-Diego P., Jiménez-Buñuales T., Rodriguez M., Lopez R., Pacheco F., Ruiz J., Segovia M., Baladrón B., Pelaz C. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2003
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
The application of geographic information systems and spatial data during Legionnaires' disease outbreak responses Bull M., Hall I.M., Leach S., Robesyn E. Eurosurveillance 2012