Preliminary report: Outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a hotel in Calp, Spain, update on 22 February 2012

H Vanaclocha; S Guiral; V Morera; M A Calatayud; M Castellanos; V Moya; G Jerez; F González

doi:10.2807/ese.17.08.20093-en

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Preliminary report: Outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a hotel in Calp, Spain, update on 22 February 2012
H Vanaclocha¹ , S Guiral¹ , V Morera² , M A Calatayud³ , M Castellanos¹ , V Moya⁴ , G Jerez² , F González¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Surveillance and Epidemiologic Control Unit, Public Health Directorate, Regional Goverment of Valencia, Spain ² Epidemiology Unit, Public Health Center, Dènia, Spain ³ Epidemiology Unit, Public Health Center, Benidorm, Spain ⁴ Environmental Health Unit, Public Health Directorate, Regional Goverment of Valencia, Spain

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H Vanaclocha
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Citation style for this article: Vanaclocha H, Guiral S, Morera V, Calatayud M A, Castellanos M, Moya V, Jerez G, González F. Preliminary report: Outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a hotel in Calp, Spain, update on 22 February 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(8):pii=20093. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.08.20093-en Received: 10 Feb 2012

Abstract

Research is ongoing on eighteen cases of Legionellosis, including four deaths, identified among tourists and employees in a hotel in Calp, Spain. Cases occurred during a period of two months, indicating the possibility of a point-source transmission at the hotel. An environmental investigation identified several positive samples in the hotel, which as a precautionary measure, was closed until requested improvements were made. Surveillance measures currently remain active.