2020 - Porto (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: The cooling towers considered to be a probable source of Legionella were closed


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Unknown

Legionella spp., L. pneumophila

Sequence Type

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Unknown

Unknown

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease in the Northern Portuguese Coast During the COVID-19 Pandemic Almeida, D. Q., Silva, T., Rodrigues, V., Ladeira, R., Sousa, F., Capucho, R., & Duarte, G. Acta Médica Portuguesa 2021