Cluster of Legionnaires´ disease associated with a public whirlpool spa, France, April – May 2010

C Campese; D Roche; C Clément; F Fierobe; S Jarraud; P de Waelle; H Perrin; D Che

doi:10.2807/ese.15.26.19602-en

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Cluster of Legionnaires´ disease associated with a public whirlpool spa, France, April – May 2010
C Campese¹ , D Roche² , C Clément² , F Fierobe³ , S Jarraud⁴ , P de Waelle² , H Perrin³ , D Che¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance), Saint-Maurice, France ² Délégation Territoriale de l’Agence Régionale de Santé des Ardennes (Regional Health Agency, district level), France ³ Agence Régionale de Santé Champagne-Ardenne (Regional Health Agency), France ⁴ Centre National de Référence des Legionella (National Reference Centre for Legionella), Hospices Civils de Lyon, Faculté de Médecine Laennec, Université Lyon1, France

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Citation style for this article: Campese C, Roche D, Clément C, Fierobe F, Jarraud S, de Waelle P, Perrin H, Che D. Cluster of Legionnaires´ disease associated with a public whirlpool spa, France, April – May 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(26):pii=19602. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.26.19602-en Received: 21 Jun 2010

Abstract

In May 2010, a cluster of three cases of Legionnaires' disease was identified in France. The results of the epidemiological, environmental and microbiological investigations allowed the rapid identification of a public whirlpool spa as the most probable source of contamination and the implementation of appropriate control measures. This investigation has stressed the need for good cooperation between partners and the importance of the molecular analysis of Legionella strains. .