An outbreak of legionnaire’s disease among visitors to a fair in Belgium, 1999

K De Schrijver; E van Bouwel; L Mortelmans; P van Rossom; T De Beukelaer; C Vael; K Dirven; H Goossens; M Leven; O Ronveaux

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An outbreak of legionnaire’s disease among visitors to a fair in Belgium, 1999
K De Schrijver¹ , E van Bouwel² , L Mortelmans³ , P van Rossom⁴ , T De Beukelaer⁵ , C Vael⁶ , K Dirven⁷ , H Goossens⁷ , M Leven⁷ , O Ronveaux⁸
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Affiliations: ¹ Health Inspection, Communicable disease control, Ministry of Flanders, Antwerp, Belgium ² Department of respiratory diseases, Klina hospital, Brasschaat, Belgium ³ Department of Emergency medicine, Klina hospital, Brasschaat, Belgium ⁴ Department of microbiology, Klina hospital, Brasschaat, Belgium ⁵ Department of respiratory diseases, Jan Palfijn hospital, Antwerp, Belgium ⁶ Department of microbiology, Jan Palfijn hospital, Antwerp, Belgium ⁷ Department of microbiology, University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium ⁸ Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium

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Citation style for this article: De Schrijver K , van Bouwel E , Mortelmans L , van Rossom P , De Beukelaer T , Vael C , Dirven K , Goossens H , Leven M , Ronveaux O . An outbreak of legionnaire’s disease among visitors to a fair in Belgium, 1999. Euro Surveill. 2000;5(11):pii=7. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.05.11.00007-en

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Abstract

Ninety-three cases of legionnaires’ disease (43 confirmed, 12 presumptive, and 38 possible/ clinical) were identified in an outbreak associated with a trade fair in Kapellen, Belgium in November 1999. Five cases died. Epidemiological investigation showed