Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Murcia, Spain. (Research).

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: August 1, 2003| Author: Garcia-Fulgueiras, Ana; Navarro, Carmen; Fenoll, Daniel; Garcia, Jose; Gonzalez-Diego, Paulino; Jimenez-Bunuales, Teresa; Rodriguez, Miguel; Lopez, Rosa; Pacheco, Francisco; Ruiz, Joaquin; Segovia, Manuel; Baladron, Beatriz; Pelaz, Carmen | Copyright information

An explosive outbreak of Legionnaires' disease occurred in Murcia, Spain, in July 2001. More than 800 suspected cases were reported; 449 of these cases were confirmed, which made this the world's largest outbreak of the disease reported to date. Dates of onset for confirmed cases ranged from June 26 to July 19, with a case-fatality rate of 1%. The epidemic curve and geographic pattern from the 600 completed epidemiologic questionnaires indicated an outdoor point-source exposure in ...

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