C Deng1, X Fang, C Wan. 1. Beijing Corps Hospital, Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Beijing 100027, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the infectious rates and incidence rates through epidemiological investigation. METHODS: Serum samples from 203 new soldiers were detected from Lboz by TAT. RESULTS: Infectious rates was 33.00% (67/203), and the incidence rates was 8.87% (18/203) with 2 cases of pneumonic type and 16 cases of pontiac fever type. CONCLUSION: The results suggested that an outbreak of Legionnaires' desease caused by Legionella bozemanii (Lboz) took place in a suburb of Beijing. However the report of the outbreak caused by Lboz had not been found in related references.
OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the infectious rates and incidence rates through epidemiological investigation. METHODS: Serum samples from 203 new soldiers were detected from Lboz by TAT. RESULTS: Infectious rates was 33.00% (67/203), and the incidence rates was 8.87% (18/203) with 2 cases of pneumonic type and 16 cases of pontiac fever type. CONCLUSION: The results suggested that an outbreak of Legionnaires' desease caused by Legionella bozemanii (Lboz) took place in a suburb of Beijing. However the report of the outbreak caused by Lboz had not been found in related references.