Published Date: 2000-11-16 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - Spain (Barcelona)
Archive Number: 20001116.2005

LEGIONELLOSIS - SPAIN (BARCELONA)
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See Also

Legionellosis - Spain (Vigo, Arbizu) 20001018.1796
Legionellosis - Spain (Vigo, Arbizu) (02) 20001026.1860
1999
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Legionellosis - Spain (Benidorm) 19990128.0128
Legionellosis - Spain (Guipuzcoa) 19990604.0934
1997
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Legionellosis - Spain: summary 19970304.0483
Legionellosis - Spain: summary (02) 19970626.1381
1996
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Legionellosis - Spain: RFI 19961012.1728
Legionellosis - Spain (02) 19961014.1734
Legionellosis - Spain (8) 19961215.2080
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 13:56:02 +0100
From: Juan Cuadros <jcuadros@efd.net>
Source: Diario El Pais, 15 Nov 2000 [edited

Seventeen patients [have been hospitalized, 4 of them in serious
condition, due to
an outbreak of [legionellosis. The health authorities are investigating
the source of the infection localized in the neighborhood of "La
Barceloneta". The outbreak was detected on Monday. Four patients are in a
[life-threatening condition. Local authorities, in collaboration with the
Generalitat of Catalunya started yesterday the studies to detect the source
of the infection.
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Dr. Juan Cuadros Gonzalez
Clinical Microbiology Department
Hospital Principe de Asturias
Alcali1 de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:00:02 -0500
From: George A. Robertson <grobertson@rcn.com>
Source: Associated Press, 16 Nov 2000 - 04:07 PM [edited

At Least 40 People Diagnosed With Legionnaires' Disease
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Investigators were scouring ventilation and water systems for the source of
bacteria that have infected at least 40 people [causing Legionnaires'
disease, health officials said Thursday. At least 4 of the victims are in
serious condition, said Joan Guix, director of Barcelona's Health
Department. Twenty-nine other people have been under medical observation
since falling ill Monday, and 7 new cases were detected Thursday, city
officials said.
All the victims, whose ages range between 38 and 92, live in the
19th-century fishing neighborhood of Barceloneta, an area that is home to
many elderly people on Barcelona's Mediterranean waterfront.
Apart from living in the same area of Spain's second-largest city, the
infected have no lifestyle habits in common to help find the source of the
disease, city health officials said.
Chemical analyses of several air conditioning water towers in the
neighborhood were being [performed Thursday and water samples from cooling
systems on top of hotels, office and residential buildings were being checked.
[Byline: Natalia Munoz
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