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Legionnaire Disease
Findings from E. Wedege and co-authors broaden understanding of legionnaire disease
June 9th, 2009
According to a study from Oslo, Norway, "Following a long-distance outbreak of Legionnaires' disease from an industrial air scrubber in Norway in 2005, a seroepidemiological study measuring levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM antibodies to Legionella pneumophila was performed with a polyvalent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. One year after the outbreak, IgG levels in employees (n = 213) at the industrial plant harboring the scrubber and in blood donors (n = 398) from the outbreak county were low but significantly higher (P <= 0.002) than those in blood donors (n = 406) from a nonexposed county." "No differences in IgM levels among the three groups were found...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-09)
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