Investigation of Pontiac-like illness in office workers during an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, 2008

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1667-1673

  Nicolay, N ^a,b   Boland, M ^c   Ward, M ^c   Hickey, L ^a   Collins, C ^d   Lynch, M ^d   McCarthy, M ^c   O'Donnell, J ^a  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^d MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Legionellosis (Pontiac fever); Legionnaires' disease; occupation related infections; outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING TOWER; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957320032     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000403     Document Type: Article

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