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We report an outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease and pneumococcal pneumonia among shipyard workers, in Turku, Southwest Finland. In total, 31 confirmed and six probable cases were identified between 3 May and 28 November 2019. serotypes 12F, 4 and 8 were isolated from blood cultures of 25 cases. Occupational hygiene measures and vaccination of ca 4,000 workers are underway to control the outbreak at the shipyard.

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Outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease among shipyard workers, Turku, Finland, May to November 2019
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Marius+Linkevicius&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Linkevicius Marius</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Veronica+Cristea&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Cristea Veronica</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lotta+Siira&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Siira Lotta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Henna+M%C3%A4kel%C3%A4&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mäkelä Henna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Maija+Toropainen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Toropainen Maija</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marjaana+Pitk%C3%A4paasi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pitkäpaasi Marjaana</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Timothee+Dub&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dub Timothee</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hanna+Nohynek&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nohynek Hanna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Taneli+Puumalainen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Puumalainen Taneli</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Esa+Rintala&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rintala Esa</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Merja+E.+Laaksonen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Laaksonen Merja E.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Thijs+Feuth&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Feuth Thijs</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Juha+O.+Gr%C3%B6nroos&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Grönroos Juha O.</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jutta+Peltoniemi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Peltoniemi Jutta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Heikki+Frilander&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Frilander Heikki</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Irmeli+Lindstr%C3%B6m&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lindström Irmeli</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jussi+Sane&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sane Jussi</a></span>. Outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease among shipyard workers, Turku, Finland, May to November 2019. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(49):pii=1900681. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.49.1900681" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.49.1900681</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 08 Nov 2019;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 05 Dec 2019 </span> </p>
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