Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
H Vanaclocha (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, S Guiral<SUP>1</SUP>, V Morera<SUP>2</SUP>, M A Calatayud<SUP>3</SUP>, M Castellanos<SUP>1</SUP>, V Moya<SUP>4</SUP>, G Jerez<SUP>2</SUP>, F Gonz?lez<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Vanaclocha H, Guiral S, Morera V, Calatayud MA, Castellanos M, Moya V, Jerez G, Gonz?lez F. Preliminary report: Outbreak of Legionnaires? disease in a hotel in Calp, Spain, update on 22 February 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(8)
ii=20093. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20093
Date of submission: 10 February 2012 <HR>Research is ongoing on eighteen cases of Legionellosis, including four deaths, identified among tourists and employees in a hotel in Calp, Spain. Cases occurred during a period of two months, indicating the possibility of a point-source transmission at the hotel. An environmental investigation identified several positive samples in the hotel, which as a precautionary measure, was closed until requested improvements were made. Surveillance measures currently remain active.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 8, 23 February 2012
Rapid communications
Preliminary report: Outbreak of Legionnaires? disease in a hotel in Calp, Spain, update on 22 February 2012
Rapid communications
Preliminary report: Outbreak of Legionnaires? disease in a hotel in Calp, Spain, update on 22 February 2012
H Vanaclocha (
- Surveillance and Epidemiologic Control Unit, Public Health Directorate, Regional Goverment of Valencia, Spain
- Epidemiology Unit, Public Health Center, D?nia, Spain
- Epidemiology Unit, Public Health Center, Benidorm, Spain
- Environmental Health Unit, Public Health Directorate, Regional Goverment of Valencia, Spain
Citation style for this article: Vanaclocha H, Guiral S, Morera V, Calatayud MA, Castellanos M, Moya V, Jerez G, Gonz?lez F. Preliminary report: Outbreak of Legionnaires? disease in a hotel in Calp, Spain, update on 22 February 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(8)
ii=20093. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20093 Date of submission: 10 February 2012 <HR>Research is ongoing on eighteen cases of Legionellosis, including four deaths, identified among tourists and employees in a hotel in Calp, Spain. Cases occurred during a period of two months, indicating the possibility of a point-source transmission at the hotel. An environmental investigation identified several positive samples in the hotel, which as a precautionary measure, was closed until requested improvements were made. Surveillance measures currently remain active.