| Literature DB >> 22835439 |
D McCormick1, S Thorn, D Milne, C Evans, J Stevenson, M Llano, M Donaghy.
Abstract
We report an outbreak comprising 50 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease in Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2012. In addition, there were 49 suspected cases. Epidemiological evidence suggests that a common outdoor airborne exposure occurred over south-west Edinburgh. This probably emanated from cooling towers in the north-east of the affected area, although not yet clearly linked by scientific evidence. The co-ordinated public health, environmental and clinical response helped prevent ongoing exposure and mitigated associated mortality and morbidity.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID： 22835439 DOI： 10.2807/ese.17.28.20216-en
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Euro Surveill ISSN： 1025-496X