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More than 20% of Legionnaires’ disease cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control are associated with travel, which includes travel on cruise ships.  Contaminated hot tubs are the most commonly implicated shipboard sources; however, potable water systems have also been linked to transmission. From 1977-2012, there were 84 ship-associated cases of Legionnaires disease with 8 ships experiencing outbreaks of […]

This is the first study linking Legionnaires’ disease to street cleaning (Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2017. vol. 23) A street cleaning worker in Barcelona was diagnosed with LD. Exposure to aerosolized water from the high-pressure hoses of cleaning trucks was the only risk factor identified in this case. An epidemiologic investigation revealed L. pneumophila serogroup 1 (LP SG1) in the tank […]