Published Date: 1996-12-15 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - Spain (8)
Archive Number: 19961215.2080

LEGIONELLOSIS - SPAIN (8)
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See Also

Legionellosis - Spain: RFI 961012002629
Legionellosis - Spain (02) 961014184902
Legionellosis - Spain (03) 961016052933
Legionellosis - Spain (4) [Eng/Espanol Revised 961018153612
Legionellosis - Spain (5) 961018092317
Legionellosis - Spain (6) 961021164002
Legionellosis - Spain (7): Correction 961022171551
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 00:58:31 +0100
From: Ramon Canet <ix0214@bestia.xpress.es>

A _Legionella_ epidemic has been detected in Alcala de Henares
(Madrid, Spain); first case was diagnosed on August 25 [1996;
up to November 21 there had been 260 patients
(197 admitted [to hospital, 14 deaths),
most of them more than 60 years old; all patients
lived or had been north of the city.
The _Legionella_ [bacterium has been
recovered from autopsy specimens, six refrigeration-towers
and two water-towers for the city supply.
[This kind of outbreak reporting by ProMED-mail readers is VERY
much appreciated! - Mod.JW
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Ramon Canet
Internal Medicine Dep
Hospital Can Misses Ibiza (Spain)
E-mail: ix0214@xpress.es
...................................................jw

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