Preliminary report: outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the cities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm in Germany, December 2009 - January 2010

H von Baum; G Härter; A Essig; C Lück; T Gonser; A Embacher; S Brockmann

doi:10.2807/ese.15.04.19472-en

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Preliminary report: outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the cities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm in Germany, December 2009 - January 2010
H von Baum¹ , G Härter² , A Essig¹ , C Lück³ , T Gonser⁴ , A Embacher⁴ , S Brockmann⁵
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Affiliations: ¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Ulm University Hospitals, Germany ² Department of Internal Medicine III, Infectious Diseases, Ulm University Hospitals, Germany ³ German Reference Laboratory for Legionella, Dresden University, Germany ⁴ Public Health Services Ulm and Neu-Ulm, Germany ⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Health Report, State Health Office, Stuttgart, Germany

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Citation style for this article: von Baum H, Härter G, Essig A, Lück C, Gonser T, Embacher A, Brockmann S. Preliminary report: outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the cities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm in Germany, December 2009 - January 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(4):pii=19472. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.04.19472-en Received: 26 Jan 2010

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Abstract

Currently an investigation is ongoing to explore and control an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, affecting 65 people as of 22 January 2010, in the cities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm, south-west Germany. A hitherto unidentified wet cooling system in these twin cities is considered as the most likely source of infection.