An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease among visitors to a fair in Belgium in 1999

Public Health

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-124

  De Schrijver, Koen ^a   Dirven, K ^b   Van Bouwel, K ^c   Mortelmans, L ^c   Van Rossom, P ^c   De Beukelaar, T ^d   Vael, C ^d   Fajo, M ^e   Ronveaux, O ^e   Peeters, M F ^f   Van der Zee, A ^f   Bergmans, A ^f   Ieven, M ^b   Goossens, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Department of Plastic Surgery   (Belgium)

^d Jan Palfijn Hospital   (Belgium)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^f CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belgium; Fair; Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1; Legionnaire's disease; Outbreak; Polymerase chain reaction; Whirlpool

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN;

DISEASE SPREAD;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BELGIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EMPLOYEE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; STAFF; URINALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 12244260104     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(02)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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