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An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease linked to a municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plant, The Netherlands, September-October 2022.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 1 May 2024
Pijnacker Roan, Brandsema Petra, Euser Sjoerd, Vahidnia Ali, Kuiter Arnold, Limaheluw Jesse, Schout Christine, Haj Mohammad Gaaled, Raven Stijn
Abstract excerpt
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are increasingly identified as Legionnaires' disease (LD) sources. An outbreak investigation was initiated following five LD cases reported in September 2022 in Houten, the Netherlands. Case identification was based on the European LD case definition, with symptom onset from 1 September 2022, residence in or within 5 km of Houten, or visit to Houten within the incubation...
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