An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease among visitors to a fair in Belgium in 1999

K De Schrijver,K Dirven,K Van Bouwel,L Mortelmans,P Van Rossom,T De Beukelaar,C Vael,M Fajo,O Ronveaux,M.F Peeters,A Van der Zee,A Bergmans,M Ieven,H Goossens

Public Health（2003）

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Abstract

This paper describes an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease at Kapellen in Belgium among visitors of the annual fair. The investigation started on 13th November 1999 after a respiratory physician notified the health authorities of the province of Antwerp of presumptive cases of legionellosis. The annual commercial fair at Kapellen, a small town in northern Belgium, was held 10 days previously and attracted 50 000 visitors.

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Legionnaire's disease,Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1,Outbreak,Whirlpool,Polymerase chain reaction,Fair,Belgium

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