2002 - Barrow-in-Furness (UK)

Place: Community

Season: Spring/Summer

Source: Cooling Tower

Considers biofilms: No

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Lack of adequate maintenance (stagant water, no biocide and no microbiological monitoring)

Actions in response to the outbreak: Unknown


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Lp1

Sequence Type

ST78

ST78

Match

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Benidorm

Benidorm

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
Barrow-in-Furness: A large community legionellosis outbreak in the UK Bennett E., Ashton M., Calvert N., Chaloner J., Cheesbrough J., Egan J., Farrell I., Hall I., Harrison T.G., Naik F.C., Partridge S., Syed Q., Gent R.N. Epidemiology and Infection 2014
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