Open AccessCommunity outbreak of legionellosis in Sweden, August-September 2004
Author(s) -
B de Jong,
Nils Svensson
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.37.02543-en
Subject(s) - legionella , outbreak , ping (video games) , geography , legionnaires' disease , medicine , socioeconomics , legionella pneumophila , virology , sociology , biology , genetics , bacteria , computer security , computer science
Fourteen people have become ill with confirmed legionella infections between 10 August and 6 September. One patient, an elderly man, has died. All patients either live in the city of Lidköping, Sweden, or had visited the city.