Two Community Clusters of Legionnaires’ Disease Directly Linked to a Biologic Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Netherlands

Loenenbach, Anna D.; Beulens, Christian; Euser, Sjoerd M.; van Leuken, Jeroen P.G.; Bom, Ben; van der Hoek, Wim; Husman, Ana Maria de Roda; Ruijs, Wilhelmina L.M.; Bartels, Alvin A.; Rietveld, Ariene; den Boer, Jeroen W.; Brandsema, Petra S.

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Two Community Clusters of Legionnaires’ Disease Directly Linked to a Biologic Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Netherlands

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Oct 2018
By Loenenbach, Anna D. ; Beulens, Christian ; Euser, Sjoerd M. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Loenenbach, Anna D. ; Beulens, Christian ; Euser, Sjoerd M. ; van Leuken, Jeroen P.G. ; Bom, Ben ; van der Hoek, Wim ; Husman, Ana Maria de Roda ; Ruijs, Wilhelmina L.M. ; Bartels, Alvin A. ; Rietveld, Ariene ; den Boer, Jeroen W. ; Brandsema, Petra S.
Description:

A biologic wastewater treatment plant was identified as a common source for 2 consecutive Legionnaires' disease clusters in the Netherlands in 2016 and 2017. Sequence typing and transmission modeling indicated direct and long-distance transmission of Legionella, indicating this source type should also be investigated in sporadic Legionnaires' disease cases.
Subjects:

Aged Aged, 80 And Over Comorbidity Disease Outbreaks Female Geography, Medical Hospitalization Humans Legionnaires' Disease/Epidemiology Legionnaires' Disease/Transmission Male Middle Aged Public Health Surveillance Seasons Waste Management Waste Water/Microbiology Water Microbiology
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 24(10):1914-1918.
Pubmed ID:

30226165
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6154163
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Netherlands
Location:

Europe
Volume:

24
Issue:

10
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:4744b7f6e4249de6ca5e601a6319ffc6dfec9a745365414ca4c16cedce3b8df4
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