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Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a supermarket mist machine.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Dec 2010
Barrabeig I, Rovira A, Garcia M, Oliva J M, Vilamala A, Ferrer M D, Sabrià M, Domínguez A
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An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease affected 12 customers of a supermarket in a town in Catalonia, Spain, between August and November 2006. An epidemiological and environmental investigation was undertaken. Preliminary investigation showed that all patients had visited the same supermarket in this town where a mist machine was found in the fish section. Water samples were collected from the machine and from the...
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