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An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a display spa pool in retail premises, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, July 2012.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 13 Sept 2012
Coetzee N, Duggal H, Hawker J, Ibbotson S, Harrison T G, Phin N, Laza-Stanca V, Johnston R, Iqbal Z, Rehman Y, Knapper E, Robinson S, Aigbogun N
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Twenty-one confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease (Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1) were identified in the Stoke-on-Trent area of England with onsets since 2 July 2012. Sequence-based typing results are available for nine cases; all are a unique type (ST1268). Initial interviews highlighted a number of possible environmental sources. Inspection of premises of interest revealed an operating spa pool on...
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