Barrow-in-Furness: A large community legionellosis outbreak in the UK

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1763-1777

  Bennett, E ^a   Ashton, M ^b   Calvert, N ^a   Chaloner, J ^c   Cheesbrough, J ^d   Egan, J ^a   Farrell, I ^a   Hall, I ^a   Harrison, T G ^a   Naik, F C ^a   Partridge, S ^e   Syed, Q ^a   Gent, R N ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Knowsley Metropol Borough Council   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health England ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrow in Furness; community outbreak; cooling tower; legionellosis; Legionnaires' disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COOLING TOWER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEROLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902479866     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813002483     Document Type: Article

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