Multistate analysis of prospective Legionnaires' disease cluster detection using SaTScan, 2011-2015.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Detection of clusters of Legionnaires' disease, a leading waterborne cause of pneumonia, is challenging. Clusters vary in size and scope, are associated with a diverse range of aerosol-producing devices, including exposures such as whirlpool spas and ...
Chris Edens +11 more
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Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak on a Merchant Vessel, Indian Ocean, Australia, 2015
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Two cases of Legionnaires’ disease and 1 of Pontiac fever occurred among the crew of a merchant ship operating off the shores of Australia. PCR assays identified potential sources in the ship’s cabins.
Timothy J.J. Inglis +9 more
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Status and potential of bacterial genomics for public health practice : a scoping review [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is increasingly being translated into routine public health practice, affecting the surveillance and control of many pathogens.
Boon, Nele AM +6 more
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Microorganisms, 2022 Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of lung infection caused by bacteria belonging to the genus Legionella. The disease severity depends on both host immunity and L. pneumophila virulence.
Jiří Trousil +7 more
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Legionnaires' Disease - Results of a Multicenter Canadian Study
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003 BACKGROUND: There has never been a cross-Canada surveillance project to determine the rate of Legionella species as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization and to determine whether there are any regional differences in the rates
Thomas J Marrie +4 more
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Risk Factors for Legionella longbeachae Legionnaires’ Disease, New Zealand
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Legionella longbeachae, found in soil and compost-derived products, is a globally underdiagnosed cause of Legionnaires’ disease. We conducted a case–control study of L. longbeachae Legionnaires’ disease in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Emma Kenagy +7 more
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Occupational risk for Legionella infection among dental healthcare workers: meta-analysis in occupational epidemiology [PDF]
, 2017 Objective The occupational risk for Legionella infection among dental healthcare workers (DHCWs) is conjectured because of the risk of routine inhalation of potentially contaminated aerosols produced by the dental instruments.
Petti, Stefano, Vitali, Matteo
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Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central Greece
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2018 Healthcare-associated Legionnaires’ disease often leads to fatal respiratory tract infection among hospitalized patients. In this report, three cases of Legionnaires’ disease among patients in two different hospitals (Hospital A and Hospital B) were ...
Maria A. Kyritsi +7 more
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Increase in Legionnaires' disease cases associated with travel to Dubai among travellers from the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands, October 2016 to end August 2017. [PDF]
, 2017 Between 1 October 2016 and 31 August 2017, 51 Legionnaires' disease (LD) cases from the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands were identified with associated travel to Dubai.
Brandsema, Petra +7 more
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Spatial methods for infectious disease outbreak investigations: systematic literature review [PDF]
, 2015 Investigations of infectious disease outbreaks are conventionally framed in terms of person, time and place. Although geographic information systems have increased the range of tools available, spatial analyses are used relatively ...
Bull, M +5 more
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