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Recurrence of Legionnaires Disease at a Hotel in the United States Virgin Islands Over a 20-Year Period
Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • Karen D. Cowgill, University of Washington Tacoma
  • Claressa E. Lucas
  • Robert F. Benson
  • Shadi Chamany
  • Ellen W. Brown
  • Barry S. Fields
  • Daniel R. Feikin
Publication Date
4-15-2005
Document Type
Article
Abstract

We investigated 3 cases of legionnaires disease (LD) that developed in travelers who stayed at a hotel in the United States Virgin Islands where cases of LD occurred in 1981-1982 and in 1998. The temperature of the potable water at the hotel was in a range that could optimally support the growth of Legionella species, and the potable water was colonized with Legionella pneumophila in 1981-1982 and in 2002-2003.

DOI
10.1086/428844
Publisher Policy
open access
Citation Information
Karen D. Cowgill, Claressa E. Lucas, Robert F. Benson, Shadi Chamany, et al.. "Recurrence of Legionnaires Disease at a Hotel in the United States Virgin Islands Over a 20-Year Period" Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Vol. 40 Iss. 8 (2005) p. 1205 - 1207
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