Two Community Clusters of Legionnaires’ Disease Directly Linked to a Biologic Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Netherlands

A biologic wastewater treatment plant was identified as a common source for 2 consecutive Legionnaires’ disease clusters in the Netherlands in 2016 and 2017. Sequence typing and transmission modeling indicated direct and long-distance transmission of Legionella, indicating this source type should also be investigated in sporadic Legionnaires’ disease cases.

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Verfasser: Anna D. Loenenbach
Christian Beulens
Sjoerd M. Euser
Jeroen P.G. van Leuken
Ben Bom
Wim van der Hoek
Ana Maria de Roda Husman
Wilhelmina L.M. Ruijs
Alvin A. Bartels
Ariene Rietveld
Jeroen W. den Boer
Petra S. Brandsema
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Reihe/Periodikum: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 10, Pp 1914-1918 (2018)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagwörter: Legionnaires’ disease / Legionella pneumophila / waterborne diseases / environmental exposure / disease outbreaks / Netherlands / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27581691
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2410.180906