An Outbreak of Travel-Associated Legionnaires Disease and Pontiac Fever: The Need for Enhanced Surveillance of Travel-Associated Legionellosis in the United States
Benin A, Benson R, Arnold K, Fiore A, Cook P, Williams L, Fields B, Besser R. An Outbreak of Travel-Associated Legionnaires Disease and Pontiac Fever: The Need for Enhanced Surveillance of Travel-Associated Legionellosis in the United States. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2001, 185: 237-243. PMID: 11807698, DOI: 10.1086/338060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLegionnaires' diseasePontiac feverOutbreaks of LDTravel Associated Legionnaires' DiseaseImmunoglobulin M antibodiesLegionella pneumophila serogroup 6Fragment length polymorphism typingIgM seropositivityCohort studyM antibodiesIndex patientsPF casesEnhanced surveillanceSPA exposureOutbreak investigationSerogroup 6DiseaseWhirlpool spaFeverPolymorphism typingOutbreakNew laboratory techniquesLegionellosisSurveillanceEnvironmental investigations