Cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases caused by Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1, Scotland, August to September 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 50, 2013, Pages

  Potts, A ^a   Donaghy, M ^a   Marley, M ^a   Othieno, R ^b   Stevenson, J ^b   Hyland, J ^c   Pollock, K G ^a   Lindsay, D ^d   Edwards, G ^d   Hanson, M F ^e   Helgason, K O ^e  

^a HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^d Scottish Meningococcus and Pneumococcus Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; GARDENING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; TRANSMISSION;

AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GARDENING; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEROTYPING; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

SOIL;

EID: 84890334836     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.50.20656     Document Type: Article

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