Open AccessA community cluster of legionnaires’ disease among pilgrims to San Giovanni Rotondo, Puglia, Italy
Author(s) -
Maddalena Castellani Pastoris,
Maria Luisa Ricci,
Maria Cristina Rota
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.27.01927-en
Subject(s) - legionnaires' disease , cluster (spacecraft) , medicine , disease , geography , demography , pediatrics , pathology , legionella pneumophila , biology , genetics , sociology , bacteria , computer science , programming language
At the end of May 2002, six cases of legionnaires’ disease were notified to the national legionellosis surveillance scheme at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità within a few days. All cases had onset of illness between 14 and 19 May 2002.