Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak on a Merchant Vessel, Indian Ocean, Australia, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Inglis, Timothy J.J. ; Spittle, Chantal ; Carmichael, Hilary ; Downes, Jaala ; Chiari, Marilina ; McQueen-Mason, Adrian ; Merritt, Adam J. ; Hodge, Meredith ; Murray, Ronan J. ; Dowse, Gary K.
• Description:
  Two cases of Legionnaires' disease and 1 of Pontiac fever occurred among the crew of a merchant ship operating off the shores of Australia. PCR assays identified potential sources in the ship's cabins. Modification of maritime regulations for Legionnaires' disease prevention in commercial vessels is needed for nonpassenger merchant ships.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Biofilm Cruise Deployable Microbiology Dispatch Environmental Control Fomite Health Threat Assessment Legionellapneumophila Legionnaires’ Disease Legionnaires’ Disease On Merchant Vessel Merchant Ship Occupational Risk Outbreak Investigation PCR Pneumonia Pneumothorax Pontiac Fever Reservoir Respiratory Vessel

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(7):1345-1348.
• Pubmed ID:
  29912714
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6038751
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Indian Ocean ; Australia
• Location:
  Asia ; Oceania
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8c62d2c640b75f7e57183ca54d4393222ab122b0148cce97da5cf5d8bfd9c98c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/56940/cdc_56940_DS1.pdf
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