Large community-acquired Legionnaires’ disease outbreak caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, Italy, July to August 2018

In July 2018, a large outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp1) occurred in Bresso, Italy. Fifty-two cases were diagnosed, including five deaths. We performed an epidemiological investigation and prepared a map of the places cases visited during the in...

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Published in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 25; no. 20; p. 1
Main Authors:	Faccini, Marino, Russo, Antonio Giampiero, Bonini, Maira, Tunesi, Sara, Murtas, Rossella, Sandrini, Monica, Senatore, Sabrina, Lamberti, Anna, Ciconali, Giorgio, Cammarata, Serafina, Barrese, Eros, Ceriotti, Valentina, Vitaliti, Sonia, Foti, Marina, Gentili, Gabriella, Graziano, Elisabetta, Panciroli, Emerico, Bosio, Marco, Gramegna, Maria, Cereda, Danilo, Perno, Carlo Federico, Mazzola, Ester, Campisi, Daniela, Aulicino, Gianuario, Castaldi, Silvana, Girolamo, Antonietta, Caporali, Maria Grazia, Scaturro, Maria, Rota, Maria Cristina, Ricci, Maria Luisa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 21.05.2020 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Subjects:	Aged Case-Control Studies Cross-Over Studies Disease Outbreaks Epidemics Epidemiology Humans Italy - epidemiology Legionella pneumophila - classification Legionella pneumophila - genetics Legionella pneumophila - isolation & purification Legionnaires' disease Legionnaires' Disease - diagnosis Legionnaires' Disease - epidemiology Legionnaires' Disease - microbiology Male Medical research Middle Aged Molecular Typing Outbreaks Risk factors Sequence Analysis, DNA Serogroup Serotyping Italy legionnaires’ disease Italy Legionella pneumophila outbreak
ISSN:	1560-7917, 1025-496X, 1560-7917
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