2000 - Melbourne (Australia)

Place: Aquarium

Season: Spring/Summer

Source: Cooling Tower

Considers biofilms: No

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Lack of adequate maintenance (no detectable biocide)

Actions in response to the outbreak: Unknown


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Lp1, Lp3, Lp5, Lp6, Lp9, L. rubrilucens, L. erythra

Sequence Type

Unknown

Unknown

Match (relative)

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Pontiac

Pontiac

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at the Melbourne Aquarium, April 2000: Investigation and case-control studies Greig J.E., Carnie J.A., Tallis G.F., Ryan N.J., Tan A.G., Gordon I., Zwolak B., Leydon J.A., Guest C.S., Hart W.G. Medical Journal of Australia 2004
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