Open AccessLegionnaires' disease: when an 'outbreak' is not an outbreak
Author(s) -
Álvaro Júlio Pereira,
Jonathan M. Broadbent,
H Mahgoub,
O Morgan,
Sam Bracebridge,
Mark Reacher,
Sue Ibbotson,
J. V. Lee,
Timothy G. Harrison,
P. Nair
Publication year - 2006
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.11.48.03089-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , legionnaires' disease , legionella , geography , disease , environmental health , medicine , virology , legionella pneumophila , biology , pathology , bacteria , genetics
During August 2006, there was a large increase in non-travel related legionella cases throughout England and in the Netherlands