Open AccessFirst cluster of travel-associated legionnaires’ disease detected in Bulgarian citizens
Author(s) -
Iskra Tomova,
Rumen Marinov,
I Maeva
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.12.15.03174-en
Subject(s) - bulgarian , legionnaires' disease , legionella , notifiable disease , cluster (spacecraft) , disease , medicine , environmental health , legionella pneumophila , biology , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , bacteria , genetics , programming language
Since 2002, Bulgaria has been a member of the European Working Group for Legionella Infections (EWGLI), and since July 2005, legionellosis has been a mandatorily notifiable disease in our country. This paper describes the first cluster of travel-associated legionnaires’ disease detected in Bulgarian patients.