Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Caused by Endemic Strain of Legionella pneumophila, New York, New York, USA, 2015

Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Caused by Endemic Strain of Legionella pneumophila, New York, New York, USA, 2015

During the summer of 2015, New York, New York, USA, had one of the largest and deadliest outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in the history of the United States. A total of 138 cases and 16 deaths were linked to a single cooling tower in the South Bronx. Analysis of environmental samples and clinica...

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Main Authors: Pascal Lapierre, Elizabeth Nazarian, Yan Zhu, Danielle Wroblewski, Amy Saylors, Teresa Passaretti, Scott Hughes, Anthony Tran, Ying Lin, John Kornblum, Shatavia S. Morrison, Jeffrey W. Mercante, Robert Fitzhenry, Don Weiss, Brian H. Raphael, Jay K. Varma, Howard A. Zucker, Jennifer L. Rakeman, Kimberlee A. Musser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Legionnaires’ disease
legionellosis
Legionella
Legionella pneumophila
bacteria
endemic strain
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/11/17-0308_article

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