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A large Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Pamplona, Spain: early detection, rapid control and no case fatality.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jun 2008
Castilla J, Barricarte A, Aldaz J, García Cenoz M, Ferrer T, Pelaz C, Pineda S, Baladrón B, Martín I, Goñi B, Aratajo P, Chamorro J, Lameiro F, Torroba L, Dorronsoro I, Martínez-Artola V, Esparza M J, Gastaminza M A, Fraile P, Aldaz P
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease was detected in Pamplona, Spain, on 1 June 2006. Patients with pneumonia were tested to detect Legionella pneumophila antigen in urine (Binax Now; Binax Inc., Scarborough, ME, USA), and all 146 confirmed cases were interviewed. The outbreak was related to district 2 (22 012 inhabitants), where 45% of the cases lived and 50% had visited; 5% lived in neighbouring districts. The...
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