2001
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
2000
Epidemic nephritis in Nova Serrana, Brazil
Baiter S, Benin A, Pinto S, Teixeira L, Alvim G, Luna E, Jackson D, LaClaire L, Elliott J, Facklam R, Schuchat A. Epidemic nephritis in Nova Serrana, Brazil. The Lancet 2000, 355: 1776-1780. PMID: 10832828, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02265-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThroat culturesControl householdsCase-control studyNova SerranaS. zooepidemicusUnpasteurized dairy productsRecent patientsAcute nephritisEpidemic nephritisNephritisPatientsCase householdsLarge outbreakFurther casesOutbreak strainDairy productsAttack rateOutbreaks of nephritisDairy foodsStreptococcus equiCluster designBovine mastitisFamily membersZooepidemicusOutbreak