Legionella Outbreaks
Minimum infection rates with Legionella pneumophila estimated for an exposed population
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 8th, 2006
According to a study from the Netherlands, "The distribution of antibody levels to Legionella (L.) pneumophila (serotypes 1-7) was compared between subjects who worked near the source of a large outbreak of Legionnaires' disease (n=668) and a population sample of comparable age (n=480)."
"In a previous analysis of these data, it was estimated that 80% of those working near the source were infected with L. pneumophila. However, the estimation procedure implicitly assumes that the probability of infection does not...
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