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

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