Legionnaire Disease

New data from Naval Health Research Center illuminate research in legionnaire disease

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 10th, 2007

A new study, "A cluster of Legionella-associated pneumonia cases in a population of military recruits," is now available. "A Legionella cluster was identified through retrospective PCR analysis of 240 throat swab samples from X-ray-confirmed pneumonia cases," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology report.

"These were identified among young and otherwise healthy USA. military recruits during population-based surveillance for pneumonia pathogens. Results were confirmed by sequence analysis," wrote E.A. McDonough and colleagues, Naval Health Research Center.

The researchers concluded: "Cases clustered tightly, suggesting a...

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