Open AccessOutbreak of legionnaire’s disease in two groups of tourists staying at camp sites in France
Author(s) -
A Infuso,
B. Hubert,
D. Dumas,
M. Reyrolle,
Salvador de Mateo,
Carmen Peláz,
C Hemery,
I Pérez
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.02.06.00157-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , public health , legionnaires' disease , geography , disease , medicine , socioeconomics , family medicine , pediatrics , environmental health , demography , virology , pathology , sociology , biology , legionella pneumophila , bacteria , genetics
On 11 June 1996, three suspected cases of legionnaires’ disease in a group of 42 Dutch tourists were reported to the local public health authority by Millau hospital in south west France. The group (group 1) had been touring with caravans and staying at d