N Formica, G Tallis, B Zwolak, J Camie, M Beers, G Hogg, N Ryan, M Yates
This paper describes and analyses some aspects of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Victoria, commencing in late October 1998. In all, 18 cases caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 were notified within 10 days making this the largest outbreak in Victoria reported to that date. All cases had epidemiological links to an industrial estate in a northern Melbourne suburb. Extensive environmental sampling revealed Legionella bacteria in five cooling towers. Molecular sub-typing techniques were used to compare clinical and environmental isolates...
July 2000: Communicable Diseases Intelligence