1965 - Washington (USA)

Place: Hospital

Season: Spring/Summer

Source: Construction

Considers biofilms: No

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Lack of adequate maintenance

Actions in response to the outbreak: Unknown


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Unknown

Unknown

Sequence Type

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Unknown

Unknown

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
An outbreak in 1965 of severe respiratory illness caused by the legionnaires’ disease bacterium Thacker S.B., Bennett J.V., Tsai T.F., Fraser D.W., McDade J.E., Shepard C.C., Williams K.H., Jr., Stuart W.H., Dull H.B., Eickhoff T.C. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1978