A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014

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Autor(a) principal: Shivaji, Tara
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Pinto, Cátia Sousa, San-Bento, Ana, Serra, Luis A Oliveira, Valente, João, Machado, J, Marques, Teresa, Carvalho, L, Nogueira, Paulo, Nunes, Baltazar, Vasconcelos, Paula
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/9898
Resumo: An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease with 334 confirmed cases was identified on 7 November 2014 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal and declared controlled by 21 November. Epidemiological, environmental and microbiological analysis identified industrial wet cooling systems to be the probable source of infection. Preliminary results from sequence-based typing of clinical specimens and environmental isolates confirmed this link. A series of meteorological phenomena are likely to have contributed to the scale of this outbreak.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014
title A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014
spellingShingle A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014
Shivaji, Tara
Doença dos Legionários
Vila Franca de Xira
Legionella
title_short A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014
title_full A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014
title_fullStr A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014
title_full_unstemmed A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014
title_sort A large community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, October to November 2014
author Shivaji, Tara
author_facet Shivaji, Tara
Pinto, Cátia Sousa
San-Bento, Ana
Serra, Luis A Oliveira
Valente, João
Machado, J
Marques, Teresa
Carvalho, L
Nogueira, Paulo
Nunes, Baltazar
Vasconcelos, Paula
author_role author
author2 Pinto, Cátia Sousa
San-Bento, Ana
Serra, Luis A Oliveira
Valente, João
Machado, J
Marques, Teresa
Carvalho, L
Nogueira, Paulo
Nunes, Baltazar
Vasconcelos, Paula
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Comum
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Shivaji, Tara
Pinto, Cátia Sousa
San-Bento, Ana
Serra, Luis A Oliveira
Valente, João
Machado, J
Marques, Teresa
Carvalho, L
Nogueira, Paulo
Nunes, Baltazar
Vasconcelos, Paula
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Doença dos Legionários
Vila Franca de Xira
Legionella
topic Doença dos Legionários
Vila Franca de Xira
Legionella
description An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease with 334 confirmed cases was identified on 7 November 2014 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal and declared controlled by 21 November. Epidemiological, environmental and microbiological analysis identified industrial wet cooling systems to be the probable source of infection. Preliminary results from sequence-based typing of clinical specimens and environmental isolates confirmed this link. A series of meteorological phenomena are likely to have contributed to the scale of this outbreak.
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