Published Date: 2004-08-16 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/EDR> Legionellosis - Spain (Barcelona)
Archive Number: 20040816.2271

LEGIONELLOSIS - SPAIN (BARCELONA)
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Date: Fri 13 Aug 2004
From: Pablo Nart <p.nart@ntlworld.com>
Source: ABC, Spain, [translated by P Nart, edited]
<http://www.abc.es/abc/pg040813/actualidad/sociedad/sanidad/200408/13/legionella.asp>


The sanitary authorities have identified 2 new cases of legionella
infection. These 2 cases bring the total number of people affected by the
legionellosis outbreak, detected in Vallcarca, a district of Barcelona, to
19. The Public Health Department say that these new cases are men, 55 and
56 years of age, respectively. They presented with the initial symptoms of
the disease before 3 Aug 2004.

The maximum incubation time of the disease is between 10 and 12 days and no
new cases have been diagnosed during the past 10 days, so the health
authorities think that the outbreak will be soon under control, although
they do not discard the possibility that new cases may be identified.

According to sanitary sources, out of the 19 affected people -- 17 men and
2 women between the ages of 50 and 83 years -- 10 are still in hospital.

Technicians of the Department of Public Health of Barcelona are
investigating the possible origin of the infection, and, are awaiting
results of analyses of water samples, gathered from the 4 cooling towers of
the Vallcarca district, that have since been disinfected preventively.

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Pablo Nart
<p.nart@ntlworld.com>

See Also

Legionellosis, hospital - Spain (Zaragoza) (02) 20040630.1743
Legionellosis, hospital - Spain (Zaragoza) 20040621.1651
2003
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Legionellosis, spa outbreak - Spain (Canary Islands) (02) 20030603.1352
Legionellosis, spa outbreak - Spain (Canary Islands) 20030530.1320
2002
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Legionellosis update: 2002 (03) 20020828.5173
Legionellosis - Spain (Barcelona, Valencia) 20020812.5029
2001
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Legionellosis - Spain (Murcia) (08) 20011017.2555
Legionellosis - Spain (Pamplona) (02) 20010822.1979
2000
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Legionellosis - Spain: 2000 20001209.2163
Legionellosis - Spain (Vigo, Arbizu) (02) 20001026.1860
1998
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Legionellosis - Spain (Zaragoza) 19981130.2302
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