2012 - Stoke-on-Trent (UK)

Place: Community

Season: Spring/Summer

Source: Water System

Considers biofilms: Yes

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Unknown

Actions in response to the outbreak: Unknown


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Lp1

Sequence Type

ST1268

ST1268, ST62

Match

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Benidorm

Benidorm, Allentown/France

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a display spa pool in retail premises, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, July 2012. Coetzee, N., Duggal, H., Hawker, J., Ibbotson, S., Harrison, T., Phin, N., Laza-Stanca, V., Johnston, R., Iqbal, Z., Rehman, Y., Knapper, E., Robinson, S., Aigbogun, N. Eurosurveillance 2012
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