Street Cleaning Trucks as Potential Sources of Legionella pneumophila

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Valero, Natalia ; de Simón, Mercè ; Gallés, Pau ; Izquierdo, Neus ; Arimon, Jaume ; González, Raquel ; Manzanares-Laya, Sandra ; Avellanes, Ingrid ; Gómez, Anna
• Description:
  In 2015, Legionnaires' disease was diagnosed in a street cleaning worker. We found Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in the water and internal foam from the tanks of 2 trucks used by the worker during the incubation period. The internal foam was removed, and a Legionella prevention program was implemented.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Barcelona Dispatch Environmental Exposure Foam Legionella Legionella Pneumophila Legionnaires’ Disease Molecular Typing Occupational Health Pneumonia Spain Street Cleaner Street Cleaning Trucks As Potential Sources Of Legionella Pneumophila Truck

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(11):1880-1882.
• Pubmed ID:
  29048281
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5652444
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:593421b23aad61f3d33d1f81c268d6e523fb8ff0d32e3b0991575f6fe01b533b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49565/cdc_49565_DS1.pdf
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